Phyllocnistis chrysophthalma | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllocnistis |
Species: | P. chrysophthalma |
Binomial name | |
Phyllocnistis chrysophthalma | |
Phyllocnistis chrysophthalma is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Karnataka, India. [1]
The species' host plants include Cinnamomum verum and Cinnamomum zeylanicum . They mine the leaves of these host plants. The mine takes the form of a blotch under the lower cuticle. It is elongated and winding, and the larva's path is marked by frass forming a wavy, continuous, fine dark line.