Eucosmophora pithecollobiae

Eucosmophora pithecollobiae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Eucosmophora
Species:
E. pithecollobiae
Binomial name
Eucosmophora pithecollobiae
Davis & Wagner, 2005

Eucosmophora pithecollobiae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Belize and from Florida in the United States.[1]

The length of the forewings is 3-3.9 mm for males and 3.3–4 mm for females.[2]

The larvae feed on Pithecollobium guadalupense, Pithecollobium macrandrium and Pithecollobium unguis-cati. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

Etymology

The species name is derived from the generic name, Pithecellobium, of the larval host plant.

References

  1. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  2. ^ Biology and systematics of the neotropical leafminer genus Eucosmophora (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)


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