Phyllonorycter chionopa

Phyllonorycter chionopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. chionopa
Binomial name
	Phyllonorycter chionopa; (Vári, 1961)
Synonyms
	Lithocolletis chionopa Vári, 1961;

Phyllonorycter chionopa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Namibia.^[2] The habitat consists of sandy floodplains and rocky slopes along dry river beds with dominant trees as Acacia montis-usti and Commiphora species.

The length of the forewings is 3 mm. The forewings are elongate and the ground colour is golden yellow with white markings consisting of a broad, irregularly shaped basal streak, two broad, costal, patch-like strigulae, and two dorsal patch-like strigulae. The hindwings are uniformly white. Adults are probably on wing from October to late November or early December.^[3]

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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