Elachista saccharella
Appearance
Elachista saccharella | |
---|---|
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Elachistidae |
Genus: | Elachista |
Species: | E. saccharella
|
Binomial name | |
Elachista saccharella | |
Synonyms | |
|
Elachista saccharella, the sugarcane leafminer moth, is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Florida,[2] and Louisiana in the United States and in Cuba.
The larvae feed on Saccharum species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3]
References
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Wikispecies-logo.svg/34px-Wikispecies-logo.svg.png)
Wikispecies has information related to Elachista saccharella.
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ Kaila, L., 1999b: A revision of the Nearctic species of the genus Elachista s. l. III. The bifasciella, praelineata, saccharella and freyerella groups (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae). Acta Zoologica Fennica, 211: 1-235.
- ^ Elachista saccharella (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae), a Leafminer Infesting Sugarcane in Louisiana