Cecidoses eremita

Cecidoses eremita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
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 family Cecidosidae. It was described by John Curtis in 1835. It is found in South America, including Uruguay¹ and Argentina.

The larvae feed on Schinus longifolius. They create galls.²

References

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.
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.

[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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