Neurostrota
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Neurostrota is a genus of moth
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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
- Neurostrota brunneaNeurostrota brunneaNeurostrota brunnea is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Galápagos Islands.The larvae probably feed on a Coffea species. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant....
Landry, 2006 - Neurostrota cupreellaNeurostrota cupreellaNeurostrota cupreella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Jamaica....
(Walsingham, 1897) - Neurostrota gunniellaNeurostrota gunniellaThe Mimosa Stem-Mining Moth is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico and Texas, as well as Thailand and the Northern Territory in Australia, where it was introduced to control Catclaw....
(Busck, 1906) - Neurostrota magnificaNeurostrota magnificaNeurostrota magnifica is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Galápagos Islands....
Landry, 2006 - Neurostrota pithecolobiellaNeurostrota pithecolobiellaNeurostrota pithecolobiella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Cuba.The larvae feed on Samanea saman. They mine the stem of their host plant....
Busck, [1934]