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Phyllonorycter stephanota

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Phyllonorycter stephanota
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 family Gracillariidae. 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]

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