Liocrobyla tephrosiae

Liocrobyla tephrosiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Liocrobyla
Species: L. tephrosiae
Binomial name
Liocrobyla tephrosiae
Vári, 1961[1]

Liocrobyla tephrosiae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.[2]

The larvae feed on Tephrosia polystachya. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a very irregular, semi-transparent blotch-mine without a gallery.

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