Phyllonorycter lemarchandi
| Phyllonorycter lemarchandi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. lemarchandi |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter lemarchandi (Viette, 1951)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter lemarchandi is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Madagascar.[2]
The length of the forewings is 2–2.3 mm. The forewing ground colour is yellowish-ochreous with white markings. The hindwings are pale grey with a long pale greyish ochreous fringe of lighter shading than the hindwing. Adults are on wing in early September and from late December to early January.[3]
The larvae feed on Sida rhombifolia and Solanum species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an abaxial, oval, blotch-mine situated close to the base of the leaflet.
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