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Aristaea bathracma

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Species of moth

Aristaea bathracma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Aristaea
Species: A. bathracma
Binomial name
Aristaea bathracma
(Meyrick, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Parectopa bathracma Meyrick, 1912
  • Aristaea asteris Kumata, 1977

Aristaea bathracma is a species of moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China, Thailand, Japan (Honshū), the Russian Far East, Mozambique, South Africa, Réunion and Uganda.

The wingspan is 7.2-8.8 mm.

The larvae feed on Aster ageratoides. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Afrotropical Gracillariidae Archived March 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Bippus, M., 2019. New records of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) from the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion. - Phelsuma 27 (2019); 18-35.
  3. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  4. On The Japanese Species Of The Genera Macarostola, Aristaea And Systoloneura, With Descriptions Of Three New Species (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
Taxon identifiers
Aristaea bathracma


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