Eucosmophora echinulata

Eucosmophora echinulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Eucosmophora
Species: E. echinulata
Binomial name
Eucosmophora echinulata
Davis & Wagner, 2005

Eucosmophora echinulata is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Paraguay.[1]

The length of the forewings is 4.1 mm for females.[2]

The larvae probably feed on a Fabaceae species and probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

Etymology

The specific epithet is derived from the Greek echinulatos (meaning with small spines), in reference to the dense concentration of spines within the corpus bursae.

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 2/8/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.