Phyllonorycter grewiaephilos
| Phyllonorycter grewiaephilos | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. grewiaephilos
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter grewiaephilos de Prins, 2012
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Phyllonorycter grewiaephilos is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in the Rift Valley and Tsavo National Park in Kenya.[1] The habitat consists of savannah areas at altitudes between 470 and 920 meters.[1]
The length of the forewings is 2.7–2.9 mm.[1] The forewings are elongate and the ground colour is ochreous brown with white markings.[1] The hindwings are dirty white with a slight golden shine.[1] Adults are on wing from early February to mid-April.[1]
The larvae feed as leaf miners on Grewia villosa.[1] The mine has the form of a tentiform mine, which is either elongate or oval.[1] It is made on the underside of the leaf.[1] The mine is 11–16 mm long and opaque creamy or light brown in colour.[1] The frass is loosely scattered.[1] Pupation takes place without cocoon.[1]
Etymology[edit]
The specific name is composed of the host plant genus Grewia and the Greek name philos (meaning friend).[1]
References[edit]
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