''Tischeria gouaniae'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family Tischeriidae. It is known from

Belize Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a wate ...

. The

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is 5-5.2 mm. The larvae feed on '' Gouania polygama''. They

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 ...

the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a linear mine.Description of Tischeria gouaniae sp. n. from the Tropical Forest of Belize – an Exotic New Addition to the American Fauna of Tischeria (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Tischeriidae)
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Etymology

The species name refers to the host-plant genus (''

Gouania ''Gouania'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rhamnaceae. The 50 to 70 species it contains are native to tropical and subtropical regions of the world, including Africa, Madagascar, the Indian Ocean islands, southern Asia, the America ...

'').

References

Tischeriidae Moths described in 2007 {{Tischerioidea-stub