Macarostola paradisia

Macarostola paradisia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Macarostola
Species: M. paradisia
Binomial name
Macarostola paradisia
Meyrick, 1908

Macarostola paradisia is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Sri Lanka.[1]

The head of this species is ochreous-whitish, palpi smooth-scaled, crimson-pink. Legs white, partially suffused with yellowish. Forewings light crimson; base narrowly pale yellowish, a moderate subquadrate yellow spot on dorsum towards base; two elongate yellow spots on dorsum before an beyond middle of the wing.[2]

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