Phyllobrostis tephroleuca

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Phyllobrostis tephroleuca
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lyonetiidae
Genus: Phyllobrostis
Species:
P. tephroleuca
Binomial name
Phyllobrostis tephroleuca
(Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Pilotocoma tephroleucaMeyrick, 1913

Phyllobrostis tephroleuca is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae. It is found in Gauteng, the Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and Zimbabwe.

The wingspan is 10-10.3 mm for males and 10.8–11 mm for females.


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