Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gracillariidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Eucosmophora | |
Scientific name Eucosmophora paraguayensis | ||
Eucosmophora paraguayensis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Paraguay.
The length of the forewings is 3-3.7 mm for males.
The larvae probably feed on a Sapotaceae species and probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
Etymology
The specific name refers to the origin of the type series, Paraguay, and the Latin suffix -ensis, denoting place, locality.
References
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