Eucosmophora sideroxylonella

Eucosmophora sideroxylonella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Eucosmophora
Species:	E. sideroxylonella
Binomial name
	Eucosmophora sideroxylonella; Busck, 1900
Synonyms
	Acrocercops sideroxylonella ; Eucosmophora sideroxylella Meyrick, 1912 ; Eucosmophora sideroxyloniella (Dyar, [1903]) ;

Eucosmophora sideroxylonella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Cuba and Florida.^[1]

The length of the forewings is 3.4 mm for males and 3.8 mm for females.^[2]

The larvae feed on Lyonia fruticosa, Dipholis salicifolia, Manilkara jaimiqui, Sideroxylon foetidissimum, Sideroxylon celastrinum and . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is found on the upperside of young leaves, drawing the leaf longitudinally into a roll or fold, which covers up the mine out of sight.

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