Eucosmophora dives | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Eucosmophora |
Species: | E. dives |
Binomial name | |
Eucosmophora dives Walsingham, 1897 | |
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Eucosmophora dives is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Barbados, the British Virgin Islands (Tortola), the Dominican Republic, Grenada and Puerto Rico.
The length of the forewings is 3.3–3.7 mm for males and 3.5–4 mm for females.
The larvae feed on Inga fagifolia, Inga vera and Pithecollobium unguis-cati. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
- Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
- Biology and systematics of the neotropical leafminer genus Eucosmophora (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
Taxon identifiers | |
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Eucosmophora dives |
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