Cremastobombycia verbesinella

Cremastobombycia verbesinella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Florida, United States.[2]

Cremastobombycia verbesinella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Cremastobombycia
Species:
C. verbesinella
Binomial name
Cremastobombycia verbesinella
(Busck, 1900)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis verbesinella Busck, 1900

The wingspan is about 6.4 mm.

The larvae feed on Verbesina virginica. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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