Phyllonorycter maererei

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

Last updated December 17, 2025

Phyllonorycter maererei is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in Tanzania and Yemen in dry areas but with low green vegetation at altitudes between 500 and 1,000 meters.^[1]

The length of the forewings is 2.1 mm.^[1]

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Professor Amon Petro Maerere of the Department of Crop Science and horticulture at the Sokoine University of Agriculture in Tanzania.^[1] He is the father of an entomologist and agronomist Peter Amon Maerere.

References

1 2 3 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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[deprins12-1] 1 2 3 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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