en Antispila aristarcha

Antispila aristarcha
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Heliozelidae
Genus:	Antispila
Species:	A. aristarcha
Binomial name
	Antispila aristarcha; Meyrick, 1916

Antispila aristarcha is a moth of the family Heliozelidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916.^[1] It is found in India.

The wingspan is 4–5 mm. The forewings are dark bronzy-fuscous. The basal fourth of the wing is shining purplish-coppery. The markings are silvery-metallic. The hindwings are grey.

The larvae feed on Vitis species.^[2] They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a transparent blotch. Many larvae are found on a single leaf.

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Antispila aristarcha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
^ Antispila oinophylla new species (Lepidoptera, Heliozelidae), a new North American grapevine leafminer invading Italian vineyards: taxonomy, DNA barcodes and life cycle This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Antispila aristarcha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 25, 2018.

[2] Antispila oinophylla new species (Lepidoptera, Heliozelidae), a new North American grapevine leafminer invading Italian vineyards: taxonomy, DNA barcodes and life cycle This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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