Palaeomystella tavaresi

Palaeomystella tavaresi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Agonoxenidae (disputed)
Genus: Palaeomystella
Species: P. tavaresi
Binomial name
Palaeomystella tavaresi
Moreira & Becker, 2014

Palaeomystella tavaresi is a moth of the Agonoxenidae family. It is found in the Atlantic Forest at the Serra Bonita Reserve in Brazil.

The length of the forewings is 7.02-9.23 mm. The forewings are covered by brown scales dorsally, intermixed with dark-brown scales tipped with black, and pale-brown scales. There is a narrow, ill-defined, dark-brown streak which bisects the wing longitudinally from the base to a brown, subapical, crescentic marking, edged distally with dark-grey scales. The hindwings are covered with light brown scales on both sides.

The larvae feed on Tibouchina fissinervia. They create a gall on their host plant.

Etymology

The species is named in honor of the Jesuit priest Joaquim da Silva Tavares, a Portuguese naturalist and a pioneer in the study and description of Brazilian cecidology.[1]

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