Macarostola formosa (Stainton, 1862)
| SUBFAMILY | Gracillariinae |
| GENUS | Macarostola |
| SPECIES | formosa |
| AUTHOR | (Stainton, 1862) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Gracilaria formosa, n. sp. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [Australia], North Australia [Northern Territory], Moreton Bay, 1860, leg. Diggles. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, BMNH; 4 Paratypes, genitalia slide 5947♂, BMNH. |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Stainton, H. T. 1862. Descriptions of nine exotic species of the genus Gracilaria [sic]. - Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (series 3) 1(3):291-300. |
| PAGINATION | 291-292; pl. 10, fig. 1 |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Australia | Northern Territory | Stainton, H. T. 1862. Descriptions of nine exotic species of the genus Gracilaria [sic]. - Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (series 3) 1(3):291-300. | 292 |
| Australia | Queensland | Turner, A. J. 1894. Descriptions of Micro-Lepidoptera from Moreton Bay. - Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 18:120-138. | 120 |
| Australia | New South Wales | Meyrick, E. 1880. Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera. III Tineina. - Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 5(1):132-182, 204-271. | 155 |
| Australia | Victoria | Meyrick, E. 1880. Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera. III Tineina. - Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 5(1):132-182, 204-271. | 155 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Myrtaceae | Acmena smithii | Australia | Kumata, T. 1977. On the Japanese species of the genera Macarostola, Aristaea and Systoloneura, with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). - Insecta Matsumurana, N. S. 9:1-51. | 35 |
| Myrtaceae | Eugenia ventenatii | Australia | Turner, A. J. 1900. New Micro-Lepidoptera, mostly from Queensland. - Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 24(2):6-23. | 20 |
