Phyllocnistis meliacella

Phyllocnistis meliacella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllocnistis
Species:	P. meliacella
Binomial name
	Phyllocnistis meliacella; Becker, 1974

Last updated October 27, 2025

The mahogany leaf miner (Phyllocnistis meliacella) 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.^[1]

The larvae feed on Meliaceae species. ^[2]

References

↑ Howard, F. W. (1995). "Reduction of Damage to Mahogany by Mahogany Shoot Borer and Mahogany Leaf Miner by Use of Azadirachtin". Journal of Tropical Forest Science. 7 (3): 454–461. ISSN 0128-1283. JSTOR 43581839.
↑ Abdala-Roberts, Luis; Mooney, Kailen A.; Quijano-Medina, Teresa; Campos-Navarrete, María José; González-Moreno, Alejandra; Parra-Tabla, Víctor (November 2015). "Comparison of tree genotypic diversity and species diversity effects on different guilds of insect herbivores" . Oikos. 124 (11): 1527–1535. Bibcode:2015Oikos.124.1527A. doi:10.1111/oik.02033.

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[1] Howard, F. W. (1995). "Reduction of Damage to Mahogany by Mahogany Shoot Borer and Mahogany Leaf Miner by Use of Azadirachtin". Journal of Tropical Forest Science. 7 (3): 454–461. ISSN 0128-1283. JSTOR 43581839.

[2] Abdala-Roberts, Luis; Mooney, Kailen A.; Quijano-Medina, Teresa; Campos-Navarrete, María José; González-Moreno, Alejandra; Parra-Tabla, Víctor (November 2015). "Comparison of tree genotypic diversity and species diversity effects on different guilds of insect herbivores" . Oikos. 124 (11): 1527–1535. Bibcode:2015Oikos.124.1527A. doi:10.1111/oik.02033.

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