''Macarostola formosa'' is a
moth of the family
Gracillariidae. It is known from Australia (the
Northern Territory,
Queensland,
New South Wales and
Victoria) and
New Zealand.
Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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The larvae feed on ''Acmena smithii
''Syzygium smithii'' (formerly ''Acmena smithii'') is a summer-flowering, winter-fruiting evergreen tree, belonging to the myrtle family Myrtaceae. It shares the common name "lilly pilly" with several other plants.It is planted as shrubs or hedg ...
'' and ''Eugenia ventenatii
''Eugenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. It has a worldwide, although highly uneven, distribution in tropical and subtropical regions. The bulk of the approximately 1,100 species occur in the New World tropics, ...
''. They probably mine
Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to:
Extraction or digging
* Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging
*Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine
Grammar
*Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun
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the leaves of their host plant.
References
Macarostola
Moths described in 1862
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