Macarostola
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| Macarostola | |
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| Macarostola thriambica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Subfamily: | Gracillariinae |
| Genus: | Macarostola Meyrick, 1907 |
| Type species | |
| Macarostola formosa (Stainton, 1862) | |
Macarostola is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae. The genus was erected by Edward Meyrick in 1907.
Characteristics: Characters of Gracilaria, but middle tibiae not thickened, smooth-scaled, scales sometimes expanded at apex only.[1]
