Macarostola pontificalis
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Macarostola |
Species: | M. pontificalis
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Binomial name | |
Macarostola pontificalis (Meyrick, 1928)
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Macarostola pontificalis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Austral Islands (Rapa and Rurutu) of French Polynesia.[1]
The larvae feed on Metrosideros collina. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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