Phyllonorycter enchalcoa

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Phyllonorycter enchalcoa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. enchalcoa
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter enchalcoa
(Turner, 1939) [1]
Synonyms
  • Phyllocnistis enchalcoaTurner, 1939
  • Phyllonorycter enchalca(Turner, 1940)

Phyllonorycter enchalcoa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Tasmania. [2]

The larvae feed on Plagianthus sidoides . They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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