Neurostrota gunniella
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Neurostrota |
| Species: | N. gunniella
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| Binomial name | |
| Neurostrota gunniella | |
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The mimosa stem-mining moth (Neurostrota gunniella) is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico and Texas, as well as Thailand and the Northern Territory in Australia,[2] where it was introduced in 1989 to control Mimosa pigra.[3]
The wingspan is about 8 mm.[4][5]
The larvae feed on Mimosa asperata, Mimosa pigra, Neptunia oleracea and Neptunia plena. Mimosa pigra is the main larval host plant.
References
- ^ Australian Faunal Directory
- ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
- ^ Landry, B. 2006. The Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera, Gracillarioideae) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, with notes on some of their relatives. - Revue suisse de Zoologie 113(3):437–485. (p.474
- ^ Moth Photographers Group
- ^ "Australian Insects". Archived from the original on 2012-08-17. Retrieved 2010-11-10.