Phyllonorycter grewiella

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

Phyllonorycter grewiella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa,[2] Botswana, Kenya, Namibia and coastal Yemen. The habitat consists of the coastal savannahs of southern and East Africa and the forests belonging to the Zanzibar-Inhambane floristic region.

The length of the forewings is 2.4–2.8 mm. Adults have been reared and collected during every month of the year except August, October and December.[3]

The larvae feed on Grewia bicolor, Grewia flava, Grewia flavescens, Grewia hexamita, Grewia messinica, Grewia monticola and Grewia villosa. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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