Arachnographa micrastrella

Arachnographa micrastrella
Arachnographa micrastrella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Arachnographa
Species: A. micrastrella
Binomial name
Arachnographa micrastrella
(Meyrick, 1883)[1]
Synonyms
  • Palparia micrastrella Meyrick, 1883
  • Colpoloma fraxinea Turner, 1946

Arachnographa micrastrella is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is known from New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.

Adults have rusty brown forewings with a central white dot and a thin gray diagonal stripe across the margin.[2]

The larvae feed on the green leaves or branchlets of Exocarpos cupressiformis, Hakea species (inclcuding Hakea sericea) and introduced Juniperus species (including Juniperus hybernica) and Pinus species (including Pinus radiata, Pinus pinaster and Pinus elliottii). They tie green branchlets or leaves with silk.

References

  1. ^ Australian Faunal Directory
  2. ^ lepidoptera.butterflyhouse
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