Phyllonorycter loxozona

Phyllonorycter loxozona
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. loxozona
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter loxozona
(Meyrick, 1936)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis loxozona Meyrick, 1936

Phyllonorycter loxozona is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Uganda.[2] The record for Kenya is a misidentification of Cameraria torridella.

The length of the forewings is 2.8–3.2 mm. Adults are on wing from early February to mid-May and from early October to mid-December.[3]

The larvae feed on Dombeya bagshawei, Dombeya emarginata and Dombeya rotundifolia. 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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