| Lusterala | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Lusterala Brown & Nishida, 2007 |
| Species: | L. phaseolana |
| Binomial name | |
| Lusterala phaseolana Brown & Nishida, 2007 | |
Lusterala is a monotypic, neotropical genus of tortix moths provisionally assigned to tribe Grapholitini of subfamily Olethreutinae, with Lusterala phaseolana as sole species.
Genus and species were both described in 2007 by John Wesley Brown and Kenji Nishida. The holotype is conserved at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. Based on DNA barcoding, the genus is possibly a synonym of Ecdytolopha.
Behaviour and distribution
Lusterala phaseolana is known from Costa Rica. Its larvae are gall-inductive on the stems of their host plant, lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.).
References
- ^ Baixeras, J.; Brown, J. W. & Gilligan, T. M. "GENUS Lusterala". Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
- ^ Brown, John; Nishida, Kenji (1 April 2007). "A new gall-inducing tortricid (Lepidoptera : Tortricidae : Olethreutinae) on lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus; Fabaceae) from Costa Rica". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 109. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- "LUSTERALA - Butterflies and Moths of the World". www.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- Brown, John W. (July 2022). "A review of host plants for the tortricid tribe Grapholitini, with a synopsis of host utilization by genus (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)". Insecta Mundi. 0944: 8. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson; Santos, Jean Carlos (26 June 2014). Neotropical Insect Galls. Springer. p. 505. ISBN 978-94-017-8783-3. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
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