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.Meyrick (1907). "Descriptions of Australasian Micro-Lepidoptera, XIX". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 32: 62.
Species Macarostola ageta (Turner, 1917) Macarostola callischema Meyrick, 1908 Macarostola ceryx (Diakonoff, 1955) Macarostola coccinea (Walsingham, 1900) Macarostola eugeniella (Viette, 1951) Macarostola flora (Meyrick, 1926) Macarostola formosa (Stainton, 1862) Macarostola gamelia (Meyrick, 1936) Macarostola haemataula Meyrick, 1912 Macarostola hieranthes (Meyrick, 1907) Macarostola ida (Meyrick, 1880) Macarostola japonica Kumata, 1977 Macarostola miltopepla (Turner, 1926) Macarostola miniella (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) Macarostola noellineae Vári, 2002 Macarostola paradisia Meyrick, 1908 Macarostola parolca Meyrick, 1911 Macarostola phoenicaula (Meyrick, 1934) Macarostola polyplaca (Lower, 1894) Macarostola pontificalis (Meyrick, 1928) Macarostola pyrelictis (Meyrick, 1927) Macarostola rosacea (Turner, 1940) Macarostola tegulata Meyrick, 1908 Macarostola thiasodes (Meyrick, 1912) Macarostola thriambica (Meyrick, 1907) Macarostola zehntneri (Snellen, 1902)
References
External links
Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)