Phodoryctis thrypticosema

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

Phodoryctis thrypticosema is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.[2]

The larvae feed on Craibia brevicaudata. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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