Phyllonorycter encaeria

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Phyllonorycter encaeria
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. encaeria
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter encaeria
(Meyrick, 1911) [1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis encaeriaMeyrick, 1911

Phyllonorycter encaeria is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa, [2] where it has been recorded from Pretoria and the suburbs of Cape Town.

Adults are on wing from early January to late February and again from late September to mid-November.

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