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Eucosmophora schinusivora

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Eucosmophora schinusivora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Eucosmophora
Species:
E. schinusivora
Binomial name
Eucosmophora schinusivora
D.R. Davis & Wheeler, 2011

Eucosmophora schinusivora is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in Paraná, Brazil.

The larvae feed on Schinus terebinthifolus. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[1]

References

  1. ^ Davis, D.R. , F. Mc Kay , M. Oleiro, Marcelo Diniz Vitorino & G.S. Wheeler, 2011: Biology and systematics of the leafmining Gracillariidae of Brazilian Pepper Tree, Schinus terebinthifolus Raddi, with descriptions of a new genus and four new species. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 65 (2): 61-93.