Phyllonorycter anchistea

Phyllonorycter anchistea is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa[2] and Botswana. The habitat consists of savannah or semi-urban areas with low growing trees and bush vegetation.

Phyllonorycter anchistea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. anchistea
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter anchistea
(Vári, 1961)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis anchistea Vári, 1961

The length of the forewings is 2.5–3.3 mm. The forewing ground colour is ochreous with blackish fuscous markings. The hindwings are pale grey with a long pale fuscous fringe which is of a slightly darker shading than the hindwing. Adults are on wing almost all year except from August to November.[3]

The larvae feed on Grewia occidentalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, oblong, semi-transparent, tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf.

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


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