Phyllocnistis meliacella

The mahogany leaf miner (Phyllocnistis meliacella) is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Costa Rica, but has recently also been recorded from Florida in the United States.[1]

Phyllocnistis meliacella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllocnistis
Species:
P. meliacella
Binomial name
Phyllocnistis meliacella
Becker, 1974

The larvae feed on Meliaceae species. [2]

References

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  1. ^ Howard, F. W. (1995). "Reduction of Damage to Mahogany by Mahogany Shoot Borer and Mahogany Leaf Miner by Use of Azadirachtin". Journal of Tropical Forest Science. 7 (3): 454–461. ISSN 0128-1283. JSTOR 43581839.
  2. ^ Abdala-Roberts, Luis; Mooney, Kailen A.; Quijano-Medina, Teresa; Campos-Navarrete, María José; González-Moreno, Alejandra; Parra-Tabla, Víctor (November 2015). "Comparison of tree genotypic diversity and species diversity effects on different guilds of insect herbivores". Oikos. 124 (11): 1527–1535. doi:10.1111/oik.02033.