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Eucosmophora dives

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gracillariidae

Scientific name
  
Eucosmophora dives

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Eucosmophora

Rank
  
Species

Eucosmophora dives is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Barbados, the British Virgin Islands (Tortola), the Dominican Republic, Grenada and Puerto Rico.

The length of the forewings is 3.3-3.7 mm for males and 3.5-4 mm for females.

The larvae feed on Inga fagifolia, Inga vera and Pithecollobium unguis-cati. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

Eucosmophora dives Wikipedia