Macarostola ida

Macarostola ida
Macarostola ida seen in Auckland, New Zealand
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Macarostola
Species:	M. ida
Binomial name
Macarostola ida (Meyrick, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
Gracilaria ida Meyrick, 1880 Macarostola rosea (Turner, 1894)

Leaf mines on Eucalyptus leaves caused by Macarostola ida

Macarostola ida is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Australia in the states of New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and Victoria.[2] In 2019 it was discovered to have become established in Northland and east Auckland in New Zealand.[3]

The larvae feed on Angophora and Eucalyptus species, including Eucalyptus piperita. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3]

References

1. "Australian Faunal Directory". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
3. Robert J. B. Hoare; Brian H Patrick; Thomas R. Buckley (22 July 2019). "A new leaf-mining moth from New Zealand, Sabulopteryx botanica sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Gracillariinae), feeding on the rare endemic shrub Teucrium parvifolium (Lamiaceae), with a revised checklist of New Zealand Gracillariidae". ZooKeys. 865: 39–65. doi:10.3897/ZOOKEYS.865.34265. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 6663935. PMID 31379443. Wikidata Q70104394.