Phyllonorycter stephanota

Phyllonorycter stephanota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. stephanota
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter stephanota
(Meyrick, 1907)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis stephanota Meyrick, 1907

Phyllonorycter stephanota is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.[2]

The larvae feed on Abutilon, Hibiscus, Malvastrum (including Malvastrum spicatum) and Sida species (including Sida subspicata). They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Australian Faunal Directory
  2. 1 2 Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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