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Eucosmophora atlantis

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Eucosmophora atlantis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Eucosmophora
Species:
E. atlantis
Binomial name
Eucosmophora atlantis
(Meyrick, 1924)
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops atlantis Meyrick, 1924
  • Acrocercops atalantis

Eucosmophora atlantis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Costa Rica.[1]

The length of the forewings is 3.6–4.5 mm for males and 4-4.8 mm. for females.[2]

The larvae probably feed on a Sapotaceae species and probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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