''Eucosmophora pithecollobiae'' is a

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of the family

Gracillariidae Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, ''Cameraria ...

. It is known from

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and from

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in the United States. The length of the forewings is 3-3.9 mm for males and 3.3–4 mm for females.Biology and systematics of the neotropical leafminer genus Eucosmophora (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
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e feed on '' Pithecollobium guadalupense'', '' Pithecollobium macrandrium'' and '' Pithecollobium unguis-cati''. They

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the leaves of their host plant.

Etymology

The species name is derived from the generic name, ''

Pithecellobium ''Pithecellobium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes approximately 23 species from the tropical Americas, ranging from Mexico to Peru and northern Brazil, including the Caribbean Islands and Florida. The generic ...

'', of the larval host plant.

References

Acrocercopinae Moths described in 2005 {{Acrocercopinae-stub