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Phodoryctis stephaniae

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Species of moth

Phodoryctis stephaniae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phodoryctis
Species: P. stephaniae
Binomial name
Phodoryctis stephaniae
Kumata & Kuroko, 1988

Phodoryctis stephaniae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (Honshū, Shikoku and the Ryukyu Islands), Nepal and Taiwan.

The wingspan is 5.8-8.1 mm.

The larvae feed on Stephania species, including Stephania japonica. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Japanese Species Of The Acrocercops-Group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part II
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Phodoryctis stephaniae


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