Macarostola
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Macarostola is a genus of moth
s in the family Gracillariidae
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Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s in the family Gracillariidae
Gracillariidae
Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella....
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Species
- Macarostola agetaMacarostola agetaMacarostola ageta is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Queensland....
(Turner, 1917) - Macarostola callischemaMacarostola callischemaMacarostola callischema is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India ....
Meyrick, 1908 - Macarostola ceryxMacarostola ceryxMacarostola ceryx is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Papua New Guinea....
(Diakonoff, 1955) - Macarostola coccineaMacarostola coccineaMacarostola coccinea is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India .The larvae feed on Myrtus species. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant....
(Walsingham, 1900) - Macarostola eugeniellaMacarostola eugeniellaMacarostola eugeniella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Madagascar and Mauritius.The larvae feed on Eugenia cumini and Eugenia jambolana. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant....
(Viette, 1951) - Macarostola floraMacarostola floraMacarostola flora is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa....
(Meyrick, 1926) - Macarostola formosaMacarostola formosaMacarostola formosa is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and New Zealand....
(Stainton, 1862) - Macarostola gameliaMacarostola gameliaMacarostola gamelia is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Indonesia .The larvae feed on Eugenia polyantha. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant....
(Meyrick, 1936) - Macarostola haemataulaMacarostola haemataulaMacarostola haemataula is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India ....
Meyrick, 1912 - Macarostola hieranthesMacarostola hieranthesMacarostola hieranthes is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Sri Lanka....
(Meyrick, 1907) - Macarostola idaMacarostola idaMacarostola ida is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and Victoria.The wingspan is about 10 mm. Adults have fore wings with a striking pattern of rusty reddish-brown and white...
(Meyrick, 1880) - Macarostola japonicaMacarostola japonicaMacarostola japonica is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan .The wingspan is 9-10 mm.The larvae feed on Euscaphis japonica. There are four or five instars...
Kumata, 1977 - Macarostola miltopeplaMacarostola miltopeplaMacarostola miltopepla is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Queensland....
(Turner, 1926) - Macarostola miniellaMacarostola miniellaMacarostola miniella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from France, Afghanistan, New Zealand and the Seychelles....
(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) - Macarostola noellineaeMacarostola noellineaeMacarostola noellineae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa....
Vári, 2002 - Macarostola paradisiaMacarostola paradisiaMacarostola paradisia is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Sri Lanka....
Meyrick, 1908 - Macarostola parolcaMacarostola parolcaMacarostola parolca is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Seychelles....
Meyrick, 1911 - Macarostola phoenicaulaMacarostola phoenicaulaMacarostola phoenicaula is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Fiji.The larvae feed on Eugenia cumini. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant....
(Meyrick, 1934) - Macarostola polyplacaMacarostola polyplacaMacarostola polyplaca is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Queensland and New South Wales.The larvae feed on Lophostemon confertus and Tristania suaveolens. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant....
(Lower, 1894) - Macarostola pontificalisMacarostola pontificalisMacarostola pontificalis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Austral Islands .The larvae feed on Metrosideros collina. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a tortuous serpentine mine, ending in a blotch mine at one edge of the leaf, and filled with...
(Meyrick, 1928) - Macarostola pyrelictisMacarostola pyrelictisMacarostola pyrelictis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Samoa....
(Meyrick, 1927) - Macarostola rosaceaMacarostola rosaceaMacarostola rosacea is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from New South Wales....
(Turner, 1940) - Macarostola tegulataMacarostola tegulataMacarostola tegulata is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India ....
Meyrick, 1908 - Macarostola thiasodesMacarostola thiasodesMacarostola thiasodes is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Sri Lanka....
(Meyrick, 1912) - Macarostola thriambicaMacarostola thriambicaMacarostola thriambica is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Sri Lanka....
(Meyrick, 1907) - Macarostola zehntneriMacarostola zehntneriMacarostola zehntneri is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India , Indonesia and Malaysia.The larvae feed on Eugenia aquea, Eugenia cumini and Eugenia jambolana. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant....
(Snellen, 1902)