Phyllonorycter lantanae

Phyllonorycter lantanae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. lantanae
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter lantanae
(Vári, 1961)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis lantanae Vári, 1961

Phyllonorycter lantanae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa[2] and Kenya.

The length of the forewings is 1.9 mm. The forewings are ochreous golden with white markings. The hindwings and fringe are pale fuscous. Adults are on wing in mid-April in southern Africa and in late November near the equator.[3]

The larvae feed on Lantana species, including Lantana rugosa. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a very small, oblong, semi-transparent, tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf.

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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