Macarostola japonica
| Macarostola japonica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Macarostola |
| Species: | M. japonica
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| Binomial name | |
| Macarostola japonica Kumata, 1977
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Macarostola japonica is a species of moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is native to Japan (Honshū and Satunan).[1]
The wingspan is 9–10 mm.
The larvae feed on Staphylea japonica.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
- ^ Kumata, Tosio (1977). "On The Japanese species of the genera Macarostola, Aristaea and Systoloneura, with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)". Insecta Matsumurana. New Series: Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture Hokkaido University, Series Entomology. 9. Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University: 1–51. hdl:2115/9785. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
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