Phyllonorycter obandai

Phyllonorycter obandai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. obandai
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter obandai
De Prins & Mozuraitis, 2006[1]

Phyllonorycter obandai is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Rift Valley in the Central and Western provinces of Kenya.

The length of the forewings is 3–3.3 millimetres (0.12–0.13 in). The forewing ground colour is golden brown, with white markings consisting of a basal streak, three costal, and three dorsal strigulae. Adults are on wing from early December to early April.[2]

Etymology

The species name is formed from the family name of the deceased Kenyan biologist Ernest Obanda.

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