Perthida glyphopa | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Incurvariidae |
Genus: | Perthida |
Species: | P. glyphopa |
Binomial name | |
Perthida glyphopa Common, 1969 |
Perthida glyphopa, the Western Australian jarrah leafminer, is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It was described by Ian Francis Bell Common in 1969 and is known from southwestern Australia. [1]
The larvae feed on Eucalyptus marginata and Eucalyptus rudis . They mine the leaves of their host plant. [2]