Vihualpenia Explained

Vihualpenia is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae. It contains only one species, Vihualpenia lithraeophaga, which is found in southern central Chile.

The length of the forewings is 1.0–1.1 mm .^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262013000200005&lng=en&nrm=isoA new genus and species of leaf miner (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) for Chile associated to the native tree Lithraea caustica
2. http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbent/v57n3/a17v57n3.pdf A replacement name for Hualpenia Mundaca, Parra & Vargas (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae)