Arachnographa micrastrella

Arachnographa micrastrella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Oecophoridae
Genus:
Species:	A. micrastrella
Binomial name
	Arachnographa micrastrella; (Meyrick, 1883)
Synonyms
	Palparia micrastrella Meyrick, 1883; Colpoloma fraxinea Turner, 1946;

Arachnographa micrastrella is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is known from New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.

Adults have rusty brown forewings with a central white dot and a thin gray diagonal stripe across the margin.^[2]

The larvae feed on the green leaves or branchlets of Exocarpos cupressiformis, Hakea species (including Hakea sericea) and introduced Juniperus species (including ) and Pinus species (including Pinus radiata, Pinus pinaster and Pinus elliottii). They tie green branchlets or leaves with silk.

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