- Chileoptilia
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Chileoptilia Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Gracillariidae Genus: Chileoptilia
Vargas & Landry, 2005Species: C. yaroella Binomial name Chileoptilia yaroella
Vargas & Landry, 2005Chileoptilia yaroella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Chile.[1]
The larvae feed on Acacia macrantha. 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.
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