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Phyllonorycter leucaspis

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Species of moth

Phyllonorycter leucaspis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. leucaspis
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter leucaspis
Triberti, 2004

Phyllonorycter leucaspis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Namibia. The habitat consists of richly vegetated valleys between 1,600 and 1,900 meters elevation dominated by Acacia hereroensis, Dombeya rotundifolia and Rhus species.

The length of the forewings is 3.53 mm. Adults are on wing in March.

References

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


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