Phyllonorycter stephanota | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. stephanota |
Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter stephanota | |
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Phyllonorycter stephanota is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. [2]
The larvae feed on Abutilon , Hibiscus , Malvastrum (including Malvastrum spicatum ) and Sida species (including Sida subspicata ). They probably mine the leaves of their host plant. [2]