Phyllonorycter formosella

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Phyllonorycter formosella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. formosella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter formosella
(Legrand, 1965) [1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis formosellaMeyrick, 1911
  • Euprophantis formosella

Phyllonorycter formosella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Seychelles.

Taxonomy

The species was transferred to the family Glyphipterigidae by De Prins & De Prins in 2005.

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