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Phyllonorycter grewiaecola

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

Phyllonorycter grewiaecola is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe[2] and Kenya. The habitat consists of savannah areas at altitudes between 470 and 920 meters.

The length of the forewings is 2.4–2.6 mm. The forewings are elongate and the ground colour is ochreous brown with white markings. The hindwings are pale ochreous with a golden shine with a long, pale golden and shiny fringe.[3] Adults are on wing from February to August.

The larvae feed on Grewia kwebensis and Grewia tristis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a small oval, tentiform mine, either on the upper or underside of the leaf.

References

  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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