Cecidoses eremita

Cecidoses eremita
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cecidosidae
Genus:	Cecidoses
Species:	C. eremita
Binomial name
	Cecidoses eremita; Curtis, 1835
Synonyms
	Clistoses artifex Kieffer & Jörgensen, 1910;

Cecidoses eremita is a moth of the family Cecidosidae. It was described by John Curtis in 1835. It is found in South America, including Uruguay^[1] and Argentina.

The larvae feed on Schinus longifolius. They create galls.^[2]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cecidoses eremita". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
^ Wille, Johanes (March 1926)."Cecidoses Eremita Curt. Und Ihre Galle an Schinus Dependens Ortega". Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Ökologie der Tiere. 7(1–2): 1–101.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cecidoses eremita". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 28, 2018.

[2] Wille, Johanes (March 1926)."Cecidoses Eremita Curt. Und Ihre Galle an Schinus Dependens Ortega". Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Ökologie der Tiere. 7(1–2): 1–101.

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