Phyllocnistis meliacella
Appearance
Phyllocnistis meliacella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllocnistis |
Species: | P. meliacella
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Binomial name | |
Phyllocnistis meliacella Becker, 1974
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The mahogany leaf miner (Phyllocnistis meliacella) is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Costa Rica, but has recently also been recorded from Florida in the United States.[1]
The larvae feed on Meliaceae species. [2]
References
[edit]- ^ Howard, F. W. (1995). "Reduction of Damage to Mahogany by Mahogany Shoot Borer and Mahogany Leaf Miner by Use of Azadirachtin". Journal of Tropical Forest Science. 7 (3): 454–461. ISSN 0128-1283. JSTOR 43581839.
- ^ Abdala-Roberts, Luis; Mooney, Kailen A.; Quijano-Medina, Teresa; Campos-Navarrete, María José; González-Moreno, Alejandra; Parra-Tabla, Víctor (November 2015). "Comparison of tree genotypic diversity and species diversity effects on different guilds of insect herbivores". Oikos. 124 (11): 1527–1535. doi:10.1111/oik.02033.