Eucosmophora dives
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Eucosmophora |
Species: | E. dives
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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.[1]
The length of the forewings is 3.3–3.7 mm for males and 3.5–4 mm for females.[2]
The larvae feed on Inga fagifolia, Inga vera and Pithecollobium unguis-cati. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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