Neurolipa randiella

Neurolipa randiella
Neurolipa randiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Neurolipa
Species: N. randiella
Binomial name
Neurolipa randiella
(Busck, 1900)
Synonyms
  • Coriscium randiella Busck, 1900

Neurolipa randiella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the United States (Florida).[1]

The wingspan is 5.8-6.1 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Randia aculeata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a more or less trumpet-shaped upperside blotch mine extending along the edge of the leaf. When fresh, the mine is not much discolored, but when old it becomes whitish brown.

References

  1. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  2. ^ New species of moths of the superfamily Tineina from Florida
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