Macarostola is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae. The genus was erected by Edward Meyrick in 1907.

Macarostola
Macarostola thriambica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Subfamily: Gracillariinae
Genus: Macarostola
Meyrick, 1907
Type species
Macarostola formosa
(Stainton, 1862)

Characteristics: Characters of Gracilaria, but middle tibiae not thickened, smooth-scaled, scales sometimes expanded at apex only.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ Meyrick (1907). "Descriptions of Australasian Micro-Lepidoptera, XIX". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 32: 62.
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