Phyllonorycter madagascariensis

Phyllonorycter madagascariensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Madagascar.[2]

Phyllonorycter madagascariensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. madagascariensis
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter madagascariensis
(Viette, 1949)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis madagascariensis Viette, 1949

The forewings are very pale ochreous, golden and marked with two silvery white fascia. The hindwings are equally dark grey dorsally and ventrally. Adults are probably on wing in July and August.[3]

The larvae feed on Dombeya spectabilis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They mine from June to August. Early instars form a long narrow semi-transparent, curved gallery which terminates as an irregular, more or less rounded, blotch. Many mines can be found on a single 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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