''Neolithocolletis'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the family
Gracillariidae
Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, ''Cameraria ...
.
Species
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Neolithocolletis hikomonticola
''Neolithocolletis hikomonticola'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is the type species of the genus and is known from Kyushu island in Japan.
The wingspan of adults is about 5.5 mm.
The larvae feed as leaf miners on ''Pueraria l ...
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Kumata, 1963
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Neolithocolletis kangarensis''
Kumata, 1993
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Neolithocolletis mayumbe''
De Prins, 2012
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Neolithocolletis nsengai''
De Prins, 2012
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Neolithocolletis pentadesma''
(Meyrick, 1919)
External links
Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Lithocolletinae
Gracillarioidea genera
Taxa named by Tosio Kumata
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