Phyllonorycter aurifascia

“Lithocolletis” aurifascia is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Saint Helena.[1]

Phyllonorycter aurifascia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. aurifascia
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter aurifascia
(Walker, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis aurifascia Walker, 1875
  • Phyllonorycter aurifascia

The larvae feed on Commidendrum robustum. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

Taxonomy

A 2012 study revealed that the species does not belong to Lithocolletinae according to external morphology.[2]

References
  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  2. Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)


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