Angelabella

Genus of moths

Angelabella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Angelabella

Vargas & Parra, 2005
Species:
A. tecomae
Binomial name
Angelabella tecomae
Vargas & Parra, 2005

Angelabella tecomae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae and the only species in the genus Angelabella. It is known from Chile.[1]

The larvae feed on Tecoma fulva. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]

References

  1. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  2. ^ Un Nuevo Género y Una Nueva Especie de Oecophyllembiinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) de Chile


Taxon identifiers
Angelabella
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