Macarostola tegulata

Macarostola tegulata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Meghalaya, India.[1]

Macarostola tegulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Macarostola
Species:
M. tegulata
Binomial name
Macarostola tegulata
Meyrick, 1908

The head of this species is whitish, sides of face crimson-pink, crown partially yellow suffused, collar crimson-pink. Palpi smooth scaled, crimson-pink, terminal joint and apex of second white. Antennae ochreous-whitish. Thorax crimson, posteriorly yellow with a crimson spot.[2]

References
  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  2. Meyrick, 1908. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. P. 827


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