Phyllonorycter chionopa

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Phyllonorycter chionopa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. chionopa
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter chionopa
(Vári, 1961) [1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis chionopaVári, 1961

Phyllonorycter chionopa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Namibia. [2] The habitat consists of sandy floodplains and rocky slopes along dry river beds with dominant trees as Acacia montis-usti and Commiphora species.

The length of the forewings is 3 mm. The forewings are elongate and the ground colour is golden yellow with white markings consisting of a broad, irregularly shaped basal streak, two broad, costal, patch-like strigulae, and two dorsal patch-like strigulae. The hindwings are uniformly white. Adults are probably on wing from October to late November or early December. [3]

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