Conopomorpha cyanospila

Conopomorpha cyanospila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Conopomorpha
Species: C. cyanospila
Binomial name
Conopomorpha cyanospila
Meyrick, 1886

Conopomorpha cyanospila is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from New Zealand.[1]

The larvae feed on Alectryon excelsus. They feed on the fruit of their host plant.[2] They enter the young fruit through circular holes drilled in the capsule and seed walls. They then tunnel into the contents and kill the seeds.

References

  1. ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  2. ↑ Insect predation of seeds of native New Zealand woody plants in some central South Island localities


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