Phyllonorycter grewiaecola

Phyllonorycter grewiaecola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. grewiaecola
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter grewiaecola
(Vári, 1961)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis grewiaecola Vári, 1961

Phyllonorycter grewiaecola is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe[2] and Kenya. The habitat consists of savannah areas at altitudes between 470 and 920 meters (1,540 and 3,020 ft).

The length of the forewings is 2.4–2.6 mm (0.094–0.102 in).[3] Adults are on wing from February to August.

The larvae feed on Grewia kwebensis and Grewia tristis. 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)


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