Chilocampyla psidiella

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Chilocampyla psidiella
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Chilocampyla
Species:
C. psidiella
Binomial name
Chilocampyla psidiella
Busck, 1934

Chilocampyla psidiella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Cuba.[1]

The larvae feed on , Psidium guajava and Psidium guineense. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a narrow serpentine track on the upper side of the leaf, later broadening into a large irregular blotch mine. The upper epidermis turns white and makes the mines very noticeable at a distance.

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