Macarostola: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Gracillariidae
- Genus
- Macarostola
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Macarostola
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Macarostola
Macarostola is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae. The genus was erected by Edward Meyrick in 1907.
Characteristics: Characters of Gracilaria, but middle tibiae not thickened, smooth-scaled, scales sometimes expanded at apex only.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Africephala
- Amblyptila
- Apistoneura
- Apophthisis
- Aristaea
- Aspilapteryx
- Callicercops
- Caloptilia
- Calybites
- Conopobathra
- Conopomorphina
- Corethrovalva
- Cryptologa
- Cupedia
- Dextellia
- Diphtheroptila
- Dysectopa
- Ectropina
- Epicnistis
- Eucalybites
- Euprophantis
- Eurytyla
- Euspilapteryx
- Gracillaria
- Graphiocephala
- Ketapangia
- Lamprolectica
- Leucocercops
- Liocrobyla
- Macarostola
- Mercantouria
- Metacercops
- Neurolipa
- Oligoneurina
- Pareclectis
- Penica
- Philodoria
- Pleiomorpha
- Pogonocephala
- Polydema
- Polymitia
- Polysoma
- Povolnya
- Sabulopteryx
- Sauterina
- Schedocercops
- Semnocera
- Spanioptila
- Synnympha
- Systoloneura
Child Taxa
- Macarostola ageta
- Macarostola callischema
- Macarostola ceryx
- Macarostola coccinea
- Macarostola eugeniella
- Macarostola flora
- Macarostola formosa
- Macarostola gamelia
- Macarostola haemataula
- Macarostola hieranthes
- Macarostola ida
- Macarostola japonica
- Macarostola miltopepla
- Macarostola miniella
- Macarostola noellineae
- Macarostola paradisia
- Macarostola parolca
- Macarostola phoenicaula
- Macarostola polyplaca
- Macarostola pontificalis
- Macarostola pyrelictis
- Macarostola rosacea
- Macarostola tegulata
- Macarostola thiasodes
- Macarostola thriambica
- Macarostola zehntneri














































