Phyllonorycter ipomoellus

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Phyllonorycter ipomoellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. ipomoellus
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter ipomoellus
de Prins, 2012

Phyllonorycter ipomoellus is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in south-western Rwanda in open clearings in montane wet forests at an altitude of about 1,800 meters. [1]

The length of the forewings is 2.71–2.82 mm. [1] The forewing ground colour is ochreous with white markings. [1] The hindwings are pale grey with slight bronze shading and shine and with a long fringe of the same shading as the hindwing. [1] Adults are on wing in mid-August. [1]

The larvae feed as leaf miners on Ipomoea bracteata . [1] The mine is small, tentiform, and made on the underside of the leaf, usually on the subbasal part. [1] There may be one or two mines present on a single leaf. [1]

Etymology

The specific name is derived from the generic name of the host plant, Ipomoea . [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Jurate De Prins; Akito Y. Kawahara (20 December 2012). "Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)". Zootaxa . 3594 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3594.1.1. ISSN   1175-5334. Wikidata   Q97576949.


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