Phyllocnistis tropaeolicola

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Phyllocnistis tropaeolicola
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllocnistis
Species:
P. tropaeolicola
Binomial name
Phyllocnistis tropaeolicola
Kawahara, Nishida & Davis, 2009 [1]

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.

1=Life history of Phyllocnistis tropaeolicola.
A Leaf mines on a young leaf, arrows pointing at young to middle instar larvae B mature leaf mine with pupal cocoon fold (arrow), white square enclosing early stage mine region C mature sap-feeding larva in pre-cocoon chamber D detailed view of figure C E opened mine showing nearly mature sap-feeding larva in situ F opened young pupal cocoon fold showing cocoon-spinning instar in situ G pupal cocoon fold, arrow pointing to the slender exit H opened pupal cocoon fold showing pupa in situ, dorsolateral view. Life history of Phyllocnistis tropaeolicola.jpg
1=Life history of Phyllocnistis tropaeolicola.
A Leaf mines on a young leaf, arrows pointing at young to middle instar larvae B mature leaf mine with pupal cocoon fold (arrow), white square enclosing early stage mine region C mature sap-feeding larva in pre-cocoon chamber D detailed view of figure C E opened mine showing nearly mature sap-feeding larva in situF opened young pupal cocoon fold showing cocoon-spinning instar in situG pupal cocoon fold, arrow pointing to the slender exit H opened pupal cocoon fold showing pupa in situ, dorsolateral view.

The length of the forewings is 2.6-5.0 mm.

The larvae feed on Tropaeolum emarginatum .

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References

  1. Kawahara, A.; Nishida, K.; Davis, D. (2009). "Systematics, host plants, and life histories of three new Phyllocnistis species from the central highlands of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Phyllocnistinae)". ZooKeys (27): 7–30. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.27.250 .