Phodoryctis caerulea

Phodoryctis caerulea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phodoryctis
Species:	P. caerulea
Binomial name
Phodoryctis caerulea (Meyrick, 1912)
Synonyms
Cyphosticha caerulea Meyrick, 1912 Cyphosticha centrometra Meyrick, 1920 Phodoryctis caerula Bradley, 1961

Phodoryctis caerulea mines & larvae on Canavalia sp.

Phodoryctis caerulea is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India (Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Bihar), Malaysia (Sabah), Indonesia (Java), Sri Lanka, Fiji, Guam, the Solomon Islands, Japan (Kyūshū, the Ryukyu Islands) and Taiwan, as well as Tanzania.

The wingspan is 6–8 mm.

The larvae feed on Carissa carandas, Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Diospora deltoidea, Cajanus cajan, Calopogonium mucunoides, Canavalia species (including Canavalia ensiformis), Centrosema pubescens, Crotalaria juncea, Dolichos lablab, Dumauis bicolor, Glycine max, Lablab purpureus, Macroptilum lathyroides, Phaseolus mungo, Phaseolus semierectus, Phaseolus vulgaris, Pueraria phaseoloides, Vicia faba, Vigna catjang, Vigna marina, Vigna marina, Vigna mungo, Vigna radiata, Vigna umbellata, Vigna unguiculata, Cissampelos pereira, Cyclea species, Stephania hermandifolia, Stephania japonica, Tinospora cardifolia and Coffea species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.