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Eunebristis zingarella

Synonyms: Malacotricha zingarella

Wikipedia Abstract

Eunebristis zingarella is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Walsingham in 1897. It is found in the West Indies. The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are ochreous, mottled with brick-red and streaked with steel-blue, with three black dots along the termen. The hindwings are pale grey. The larvae feed on Coccoloba uvifera. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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Prey / Diet

Coccoloba swartzii (Swartz's pigeonplum)[1]
Coccoloba uvifera (seagrape)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0