Palaeomystella rosaemariae

Palaeomystella rosaemariae
Palaeomystella rosaemariae pupa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Agonoxenidae (disputed)
Genus:	Palaeomystella
Species:	P. rosaemariae
Binomial name
Palaeomystella rosaemariae Moreira & Becker, 2014

Palaeomystella rosaemariae is a moth of the family Agonoxenidae. It is found in the Atlantic Forest of Coxilha das Lombas in Brazil.

The length of the forewings is 4.81-5.59 mm. The forewings are covered mostly by pale-brown scales dorsally, intermixed with scattered, pale-brown scales tipped with dark brown, and with longitudinally aligned groups of brown scales. There is a narrow, ill-defined, dark-brown streak bisecting the wing longitudinally from the base to the tornus. The hindwings are covered in pale brown scales on both sides.

The larvae feed on . They create a gall on their host plant. The larvae construct a cocoon by tying together small pieces of dried leaves with silk, where pupation takes place.

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  Head and thorax

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  Last instar larva

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  Pupa

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  Gall on Tibouchina asperior; E exit hole; F pupal cocoon

Etymology[]

The species is named in honor of Prof. Dr. Rosy Mary dos Santos Isaias, an anatomist of the Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.^[1]

References[]

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