Cecidoses eremita

Cecidoses eremita is a moth of the family Cecidosidae. It was described by John Curtis in 1835. It is found in South America, including Uruguay[1] and Argentina.

Cecidoses eremita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Cecidosidae
Genus:
Cecidoses
Species:
C. eremita
Binomial name
Cecidoses eremita
Curtis, 1835
Synonyms
  • Clistoses artifex Kieffer & Jörgensen, 1910

The larvae feed on Schinus dependens. They create galls.[2]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cecidoses eremita". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
  2. Wille, Johanes (March 1926)."Cecidoses Eremita Curt. Und Ihre Galle an Schinus Dependens Ortega". Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Ökologie der Tiere. 7(1–2): 1–101.


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