Macarostola phoenicaula

Macarostola phoenicaula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Macarostola
Species: M. phoenicaula
Binomial name
Macarostola phoenicaula
(Meyrick, 1934)

Macarostola phoenicaula is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Fiji.[1]

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

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