Chilocampyla psidiella

Chilocampyla psidiella
Chilocampyla psidiella
Scientific classification
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 Gracillariidae family. It is known from Cuba.[1]

The larvae feed on Eugenia axillaris, 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 upperside 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.

References

  1. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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