Phodoryctis stephaniae

Phodoryctis stephaniae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phodoryctis
Species: P. stephaniae
Binomial name
Phodoryctis stephaniae
Kumata & Kuroko, 1988[1]

Phodoryctis stephaniae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan (Honshū, Shikoku and the Ryukyu Islands), Nepal and Taiwan.[2]

The wingspan is 5.8-8.1 mm.

The larvae feed on Stephania species, including Stephania japonica. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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