Phyllocnistis longipalpa

Phyllocnistis longipalpa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known only from the Everglades National Park, Dade County, and along the Loop Road near Tamarind Hammock, Monroe County, Florida.

Phyllocnistis longipalpa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllocnistis
Species:
P. longipalpa
Binomial name
Phyllocnistis longipalpa
Davis and Wagner, 2011[1]

The length of the forewings is 2.3-2.6 mm. Adults have been recorded in April in southern Florida.

The larvae feed on Persea borbonia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a long, slender, serpentine gallery, containing a dark, narrow, median frass trail, present on the underside of the leaf, with pupation occurring in a slightly enlarged, elliptical chamber at the mine terminus along the leaf edge.

Etymology

The specific name is derived from the Latin longus (meaning long) and palpus (meaning feeler), in reference to the elongate labial palpi, which are diagnostic for this species.

gollark: Not mine; it's from the DC community notice board: https://dragcave.net/teleport/0fb013bcafea469a1ee2f203ce555d9d (two xenowyrm eggs)
gollark: I am egglocked most of the time in the interests of efficiency though.
gollark: I always seem to be egglocked when cool stuff is being offered.
gollark: Leave-dummy-egg trades for gifting are quite cømmon.
gollark: Ah, the nocturnes, yes; it's all they're good for, really, temporary trade fodder.

References
  1. Biology and systematics of the New World Phyllocnistis Zeller leafminers of the avocado genus Persea (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae)


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