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Phodoryctis thrypticosema

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Species of moth

Phodoryctis thrypticosema
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phodoryctis
Species: P. thrypticosema
Binomial name
Phodoryctis thrypticosema
(Vári, 1961)
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops thrypticosema Vári, 1961
  • Sauterina thrypticosema

Phodoryctis thrypticosema is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.

The larvae feed on Craibia brevicaudata. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Phodoryctis thrypticosema
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