Phyllonorycter rhynchosiae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. rhynchosiae
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Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter rhynchosiae (Vári, 1961)[1]
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Phyllonorycter rhynchosiae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.[2] The habitat consists of the urban hills of Pretoria.
The length of the forewings is 3–3.3 mm. Adults are on wing from early January to mid-March and from early June to mid-August.[3]
The larvae feed on Eriosema psoraleoides, Rhynchosia confusa and Rhynchosia nitens. They mine the leaves of their host plant.