Angelabella

Angelabella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Angelabella; Vargas & Parra, 2005
Species:	A. tecomae
Binomial name
	Angelabella tecomae; Vargas & Parra, 2005

Angelabella tecomae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae and the only species in the genus Angelabella. It is known from Chile.^[1]

The larvae feed on Tecoma fulva. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The final instar larva does not feed; it only has the spinneret and labial palpus developed, while other mouth parts are absent.^[2]

References[]

^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Un Nuevo Género y Una Nueva Especie de Oecophyllembiinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) de Chile

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[1] Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] Un Nuevo Género y Una Nueva Especie de Oecophyllembiinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) de Chile

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