Phyllonorycter caudasimplex

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Phyllonorycter caudasimplex
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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 family Gracillariidae. It is known from Nigeria. [2] [3]

The wingspan is 7 mm (0.28 in) (holotype, female). [1] The length of the forewings is 3.2 mm. [4]

The larvae recorded on Dombeya acutangula and Ruizia cordata are based on a misidentification of Phyllonorycter ruizivorus . [2] [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Bland, K.P. (1980). "Nigerian Gracillariidae" (PDF). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 34 (1): 25–35.
  2. 1 2 De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2011–2024). "Phyllonorycter caudasimplex Bland, 1980". Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  3. 1 2 De Prins, J. & De Prins, W., eds. (2024). "Phyllonorycter caudasimplex Bland, 1980". Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae. Belspo, Brussels, Belgium: Belgian Biodiversity Platform. doi:10.48580/d4sb-397 . Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  4. De Prins, Jurate; Kawahara, Akito Y. (2012). "Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3594 (1): 1–283. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3594.1.1.