Eucosmophora dives
Eucosmophora dives is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Barbados, the British Virgin Islands (Tortola), the Dominican Republic, Grenada and Puerto Rico.[1]
| Eucosmophora dives | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Eucosmophora |
| Species: | E. dives |
| Binomial name | |
| Eucosmophora dives Walsingham, 1897 | |
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The length of the forewings is 3.3–3.7 mm for males and 3.5–4 mm for females.[2]
The larvae feed on Inga fagifolia, Inga vera and Pithecollobium unguis-cati. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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