Phyllonorycter himalayana

Phyllonorycter himalayana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. himalayana
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter himalayana
Kumata, 1973[1]

Phyllonorycter himalayana is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Nepal.[2]

The wingspan is about 9 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus semecarpifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ On the genus Phyllonorycter or Lithocolletis from Central Nepal, with descriptions of twelve new species - notes on Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) of Nepal, I
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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