Macarostola zehntneri

Macarostola zehntneri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Macarostola
Species:	M. zehntneri
Binomial name
Macarostola zehntneri (Snellen, 1902)
Synonyms
Pammeces zehntneri Snellen, 1902

Macarostola zehntneri is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Maharashtra, India; Java, Indonesia; and Malaysia.[1]

It has a wingspan of 10 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Eugenia aquea, Eugenia cumini and Eugenia jambolana. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
2. (in Dutch) Snellen, P. C. T. 1902. Beschrijvingen van nieuwe exotische Tortricinen, Tineinen en Pterophorinen benevens aanteekeningen over reeds bekend gemaakte soorten. - Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 44 (1901):67–98, pl. 6.