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Phyllonorycter brachylaenae

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Species of moth

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

Phyllonorycter brachylaenae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa. The habitat consists of understory vegetation in secondary forests.

The length of the forewings is 3.06–3.33 mm. Adults are on wing from early March to mid-May and from late June to late October.

The larvae feed on Brachylaena discolor and Brachylaena rotundata. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  3. Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
Taxon identifiers
Phyllonorycter brachylaenae


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