Phyllocnistis cirrhophanes
| Phyllocnistis cirrhophanes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllocnistis |
| Species: | P. cirrhophanes
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllocnistis cirrhophanes | |
Phyllocnistis cirrhophanes is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Karnataka, India.[1]
The hostplant for the species is Alseodaphne semecarpifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a spiral. Later, it becomes an undulating gallery under the upper cuticle of the leaf, always confined to the edge of the leaf and producing blackish discolouration.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Phyllocnistis cirrhophanes Meyrick, 1915 at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera).
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