Phyllonorycter penangensis

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Phyllonorycter penangensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. penangensis
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter penangensis
Kumata, 1993 [1]

Phyllonorycter penangensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Penang, Malaysia. [2]

The wingspan is 6-6.3 mm.

The larvae feed on Rubus moluccanus . They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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