Phyllonorycter hibiscina | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. hibiscina
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Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter hibiscina (Vári, 1961)[1]
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Phyllonorycter hibiscina is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa,[2] Kenya, Zimbabwe and Cameroon. The habitat consists of secondary forests.
The length of the forewings is 3–4.1 mm. Adults are on wing almost year-round except in June, July and August.[3]
The larvae feed on Brachylaena, Abutilon mauritianum, Hibiscus calyphyllus, Hibiscus lunarifolius and Pavonia. They mine the leaves of their host plant.