Phyllocnistis chrysophthalma

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Phyllocnistis chrysophthalma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllocnistis
Species:
P. chrysophthalma
Binomial name
Phyllocnistis chrysophthalma
(Meyrick, 1915) [1]

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.

References

  1. 1 2 Phyllocnistis chrysophthalma Meyrick, 1915 at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera).