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Phyllonorycter brachylaenae

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Phyllonorycter brachylaenae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. brachylaenae
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter brachylaenae
(Vári, 1961)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis brachylaenae Vári, 1961

Phyllonorycter brachylaenae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.[2] The habitat consists of understory vegetation in secondary forests.

The length of the forewings is 3.06–3.33 mm. Adults are on wing from early March to mid-May and from late June to late October.[3]

The larvae feed on Brachylaena discolor and Brachylaena rotundata. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

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  1. ^ Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  3. ^ Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)


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