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Palaeomystella oligophaga

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Palaeomystella oligophaga is a moth of the Agonoxenidae family. It is found in Brazil. The length of the forewings is 7.7-10.1 mm. They have pale-brown scales tipped with brownintermixed with brown scales, The hindwings are pale gray. The larvae feed on Macairea radula and Macairea thyrsiflora. They create a prosoplasmatic histioid gall on their host plants. The species may create three different types of soft, fleshy galls. The larvae are pale gray and 5.2-8.7 mm long.
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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