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Eucosmophora sideroxylonella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gracillariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Eucosmophora

Scientific name
  
Eucosmophora sideroxylonella

Eucosmophora sideroxylonella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Cuba and Florida.

The length of the forewings is 3.4 mm for males and 3.8 mm for females.

The larvae feed on Lyonia fruticosa, Dipholis salicifolia, Manilkara jaimiqui, Sideroxylon foetidissimum, Sideroxylon celastrinum and Sideroxylon pallidum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is found on the upperside of young leaves, drawing the leaf longitudinally into a roll or fold, which covers up the mine out of sight.

References

Eucosmophora sideroxylonella Wikipedia