Phyllonorycter himalayana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. himalayana |
Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter himalayana Kumata, 1973 |
Phyllonorycter himalayana is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Nepal.
The wingspan is about 9 mm.
The larvae feed on Quercus semecarpifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
- On the genus Phyllonorycter or Lithocolletis from Central Nepal, with descriptions of twelve new species - notes on Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) of Nepal, I
- Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers | |
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Phyllonorycter himalayana |
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