Macarostola polyplaca

Macarostola polyplaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Macarostola
Species: M. polyplaca
Binomial name
Macarostola polyplaca
(Lower, 1894)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria polyplaca Lower, 1894

Macarostola polyplaca is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Queensland and New South Wales, Australia.[2]

The larvae feed on Lophostemon confertus and Tristania suaveolens. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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