Phyllocnistis drimiphaga | |
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Female | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllocnistis |
Species: | P. drimiphaga |
Binomial name | |
Phyllocnistis drimiphaga Kawahara, Nishida & Davis, 2009 | |
Phyllocnistis drimiphaga is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known only from cloud forests above 2000 m in Cordillera de Talamanca and Central Conservation Area in Costa Rica.
The length of the forewings is 2.9-3.5 mm.
The larvae feed on Drimys granadensis .
Phyllocnistis citrella, the citrus leafminer, is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is also known as CLM in agriculture. It was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton from India in 1856. It was first found in Florida, United States, in 1993, but is now found all over the world, including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, Corsica, Costa Rica, Cuba, India, Israel, Madeira, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, the Philippines, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka and other parts of the United States.
Phyllocnistis maxberryi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known only from Costa Rica. It has been found on altitudes between 1,950 and 3,100 m in the Heredia Province, the Central Conservation Area and the Cartago Province, Cerro de la Muerte, Villa Mills, in Cordillera de Talamanca.
Phyllocnistis tropaeolicola is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known only from Cerro de la Muerte, Villa Mills, at 3,100 m elevation in the Cordillera de Talamanca in Costa Rica.
The mahogany leaf miner is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Costa Rica, but has recently also been recorded from Florida in the United States.
Phyllocnistis is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Phyllocnistis saligna is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from almost all Europe, as well as India, Sri Lanka, La Réunion and South Africa.
Phyllocnistis unipunctella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe.
Phyllocnistis xenia is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Great Britain to Bulgaria and from Poland to the Iberian Peninsula and Italy.
Phyllocnistis argothea is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Bihar, India. The hostplant for the species is Drypetes roxburghii.
Phyllocnistis bourquini is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Argentina. The hostplant for the species is Tessaria integrifolia.
Phyllocnistis cirrhophanes is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Karnataka, India.
Phyllocnistis citronympha is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Maharashtra and Karnataka, India. The hostplants for the species include Lannea coromandelica and Odina wodier.
Phyllocnistis cornella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from the Kuril Islands, Kunashir, Russia. The hostplant for the species is Cornus controversa.
Phyllocnistis echinodes is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Maharashtra and Karnataka, India. The hostplant for the species is Anamirta cocculus.
Phyllocnistis embeliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Guangdong, China. The host plant for the species is Embelia lacta.
Phyllocnistis endoxa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Maharashtra and Karnataka, India. The hostplant for the species is Aporosa lindleyana.
Phyllocnistis liquidambarisella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from the United States. The hostplant for the species is Liquidambar styraciflua. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a long, winding, linear mine on the upperside of the leaf. It is rather indistinct, without any central line of frass.
Phyllocnistis magnoliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from the United States. The hostplants for the species include Magnolia acuminata, Magnolia grandiflora, Magnolia umbrella, and Magnolia virginiana.
Phyllocnistis vitifoliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Québec and the United States.
Phyllocnistis perseafolia is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known only from the type locality in the Department of Caldas, west-central Colombia, but probably widespread over northern South America wherever avocado is cultivated.