Phyllonorycter nepalensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. nepalensis |
Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter nepalensis Kumata, 1973 [1] | |
Phyllonorycter nepalensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Nepal. [2]
The wingspan is 7.2 mm for males and 6 mm for female.
The larvae feed on Alnus nepalensis . They mine the leaves of their host plant.
Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella.
Phyllonorycter is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
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Phyllonorycter conista is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India (Bihar), Malaysia (Pahang), Nepal, the Philippines and Sri Lanka.
Phyllonorycter caudasimplex is a moth from the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Nigeria.
Phyllonorycter gozmanyi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Cameroon. The habitat consists of savannah.
Phyllonorycter farensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Faro River Reserve in Cameroon and the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Phyllonorycter humilitatis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Nepal.
Phyllonorycter ovalifoliae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Nepal.
Phyllonorycter kumatai is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Nepal.
Phyllonorycter tribhuvani is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Nepal.
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Phyllonorycter drepanota is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Nepal and Uttarakhand, India.
Phyllonorycter yamadai is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Nepal.
Phyllonorycter engelhardiae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Nepal.
Phyllonorycter pseuditeina is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is native to Nepal.
Phyllonorycter oreas is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Nepal.
Phyllonorycter cinctata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Nepal.
Phyllonorycter rubicola is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Nepal.
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