Phyllonorycter dombeyae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. dombeyae
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Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter dombeyae de Prins, 2012
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Phyllonorycter dombeyae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in eastern South Africa in savannah intermixed with bushes and lower trees.[1]
The length of the forewings is 2.28–2.48 mm.[1] The forewings are light ochreous with white markings.[1] The hindwings are pale grey with slight ochreous shading and with a long fringe which is concolorous with the hindwings.[1] Adults are on wing in August.[1]
The larvae feed as leaf miners on Dombeya rotundifolia.[1] The mine has the form of a moderate tentiform mine which is about 10–15 mm long.[1] The mine is made on the underside of the leaf.[1]
The specific epithet is derived from the generic name of the host plant, Dombeya.[1]