Eucosmophora sideroxylonella

Eucosmophora sideroxylonella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Cuba and Florida.[1]

Eucosmophora sideroxylonella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Eucosmophora
Species:
E. sideroxylonella
Binomial name
Eucosmophora sideroxylonella
Busck, 1900
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops sideroxylonella
  • Eucosmophora sideroxylella Meyrick, 1912
  • Eucosmophora sideroxyloniella (Dyar, [1903])

The length of the forewings is 3.4 mm for males and 3.8 mm for females.[2]

The larvae feed on Lyonia fruticosa, Dipholis salicifolia, Manilkara jaimiqui, Sideroxylon foetidissimum, Sideroxylon celastrinum and Sideroxylon pallidum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is found on the upperside of young leaves, drawing the leaf longitudinally into a roll or fold, which covers up the mine out of sight.

References
  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  2. Biology and systematics of the neotropical leafminer genus Eucosmophora (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)


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