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Phyllonorycter nepalensis

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Phyllonorycter nepalensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. nepalensis
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter nepalensis
Kumata, 1973[1]

Phyllonorycter nepalensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Nepal.[2]

The wingspan is 7.2 mm for males and 6 mm for female.

The larvae feed on Alnus nepalensis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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