Phyllonorycter caudasimplex

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Phyllonorycter caudasimplex
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. caudasimplex
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter caudasimplex
Bland, 1980 [1]

Phyllonorycter caudasimplex is a moth from the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Nigeria. [2]

The length of the forewings is 3.2 mm. [3]

The larvae were recorded on Dombeya acutangula and Ruizia cordata , but these records are based on a misidentification of Phyllonorycter ruizivorus . They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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