Chileoptilia
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| Genus: | Chileoptilia Vargas & Landry, 2005
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| Species: | C. yaroella
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| Chileoptilia yaroella Vargas & Landry, 2005
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Chileoptilia yaroella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Chile.[1]
The larvae feed on . They feed on the flowers of their host plant. It lives inside the flowers, moving from one flower to the other. No mining stage was observed.
References[]
- ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)[permanent dead link]
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Categories:
- Gracillariidae
- Gracillarioidea genera
- Monotypic moth genera
- Moths of South America
- Endemic fauna of Chile
- Gracillariidae stubs