Phyllonorycter stephanandrae

Phyllonorycter stephanandrae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. stephanandrae
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter stephanandrae
(Kumata, 1967)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis stephanandrae Kumata, 1967

Phyllonorycter stephanandrae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the island of Honshū in Japan.[2]

The wingspan is 6–7 mm.

The larvae feed on Stephanandra incisa. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ↑ New or little-known species of the genus Lithocolletis occurring in Japan (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
  2. ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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