Phyllocnistis amydropa

Phyllocnistis amydropa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllocnistis
Species: P. amydropa
Binomial name
Phyllocnistis amydropa
(Meyrick, 1934)[1]

Phyllocnistis amydropa is a moth of the Gracillariidae family, known from Maharashtra, India.[1]

The hostplant for the species is Gmelina arborea. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a wandering gallery under the upper cuticle of the leaf.

References

  1. 1 2 Phyllocnistis amydropa Meyrick, 1934 at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera).


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