Neurostrota gunniella

Neurostrota gunniella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Neurostrota
Species:
N. gunniella
Binomial name
Neurostrota gunniella
(Busck, 1906)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria gunniella Busck, 1906

The mimosa stem-mining moth (Neurostrota gunniella) is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico and Texas, as well as Thailand and the Northern Territory in Australia,[2] where it was introduced in 1989 to control Mimosa pigra.[3]

The wingspan is about 8 mm.[4][5]

The larvae feed on Mimosa asperata, Mimosa pigra, Neptunia oleracea and Neptunia plena. Mimosa pigra is the main larval host plant.

References

  1. ^ Australian Faunal Directory
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  3. ^ Landry, B. 2006. The Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera, Gracillarioideae) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, with notes on some of their relatives. - Revue suisse de Zoologie 113(3):437–485. (p.474
  4. ^ Moth Photographers Group
  5. ^ Australian Insects


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