Phyllonorycter melhaniae

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Phyllonorycter melhaniae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. melhaniae
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter melhaniae
(Meyrick, 1912) [1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis melhaniaeMeyrick, 1912

Phyllonorycter melhaniae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Zimbabwe [2] and South Africa.

The length of the forewings is 2.4–2.8 mm. The forewings are elongate and the ground colour is ochreous with white markings. The hindwings are greyish pale beige and slightly shiny. The fringe is pale beige. Adults are on wing from mid-April to mid-May. [3]

The larvae feed on Melhania velutina . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, oblong, opaque, tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf. [4]

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References

  1. Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  3. Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
  4. "Phyllonorycter corylifoliella". insecta.pro. Retrieved 2023-06-24.