Cecidoses eremita

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

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

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

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