Eunebristis zingarella

Eunebristis zingarella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Eunebristis
Species:	E. zingarella
Binomial name
	Eunebristis zingarella; (Walsingham, 1897)
Synonyms
	Malacotricha zingarella Walsingham, 1897;

Eunebristis zingarella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1897.[1] It is found in the West Indies.[2]

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are ochreous, mottled with brick-red and streaked with steel-blue, with three black dots along the termen. The hindwings are pale grey.

The larvae feed on Coccoloba uvifera. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eunebristis zingarella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
Eunebristis at funet
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1897 : 84

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eunebristis zingarella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 24, 2018.

[2] Eunebristis at funet

[3] Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1897 : 84