Phyllonorycter clepsiphaga

Last updated

Phyllonorycter clepsiphaga
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. clepsiphaga
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter clepsiphaga
(Meyrick, 1922)

Phyllonorycter clepsiphaga is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Assam and Meghalaya, India. [1]

The host plant is unknown, but the larvae make a blotch mine on the upperside of the leaf.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gracillarioidea</span> Superfamily of moths

Gracillarioidea is a large superfamily containing four families of insects in the order Lepidoptera. These generally small moths are miners in plant tissue as caterpillars. There are about 113 described genera distributed worldwide, the most commonly encountered of which are leaf miners in the family Gracillariidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gracillariidae</span> Family of moths

Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella.

<i>Philodoria</i> Genus of moths

Philodoria is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae. All species are endemic to Hawaii. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907.

<i>Phyllonorycter</i> Genus of moths

Phyllonorycter is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.

<i>Epicephala</i> Genus of moths

Epicephala is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.

<i>Phyllocnistis</i> Genus of moths

Phyllocnistis is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.

<i>Marmara</i> (moth) Genus of moths

Marmara is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.

<i>Parornix petiolella</i> Species of moth

Parornix petiolella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Moldova, Poland, Romania, the European part of Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland and Ukraine.

Parornix szocsi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Sardinia, Kazakhstan, Romania, the European part of Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Tajikistan and Ukraine.

Corythoxestis aletreuta is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ethiopia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.

Telamoptilia cathedraea is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India, Taiwan, Japan and Madagascar.

Aristaea bathracma is a species of moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China, Thailand, Japan (Honshū), the Russian Far East, Mozambique, South Africa, Réunion and Uganda.

<i>Stomphastis thraustica</i> Species of moth

Stomphastis thraustica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Central African Republic, Ghana, Nigeria, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Madagascar, Malaysia, Indonesia and India. It was recently also recorded from China.

Stomphastis rorkei is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known to live in South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe.

<i>Phodoryctis caerulea</i> Species of moth

Phodoryctis caerulea is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India, Malaysia (Sabah), Indonesia (Java), Sri Lanka, Fiji, Guam, the Solomon Islands, Japan and Taiwan, as well as Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Uganda and Tanzania.

Caloptilia pentaplaca is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Namibia, Nigeria, the Seychelles and South Africa.

Caloptilia prosticta is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Madagascar, Nigeria, the Seychelles, South Africa and Sri Lanka.

Spulerina dissotoma is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India (Bihar), Japan, Korea, the Russian Far East and Taiwan.

<i>Caloptilia chrysitis</i> Species of moth

Caloptilia chrysitis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. The larvae of this species mine and fold the leaves of species in the genera Weinmannia andElaeocarpus as well as Knightia excelsa, although only rarely for the later species.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gracillariinae</span> Subfamily of moths

Gracillariinae are a subfamily of moths which was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854.

References