Phyllonorycter aurifascia
Phyllonorycter aurifascia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. aurifascia |
Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter aurifascia (Walker, 1875) | |
Synonyms | |
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“Lithocolletis” aurifascia is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Saint Helena.[1]
The larvae feed on Commidendrum robustum. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
Taxonomy
[edit]A 2012 study revealed that the species does not belong to Lithocolletinae according to external morphology.[2]
References
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