Phyllonorycter brachylaenae
Phyllonorycter brachylaenae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.[2] The habitat consists of understory vegetation in secondary forests.
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The length of the forewings is 3.06–3.33 mm. The forewings are elongate and the ground colour is golden ochreous with white markings. The hindwings are uniformly pale fuscous and a light fuscous fringe. Adults are on wing from early March to mid-May and from late June to late October.[3]
The larvae feed on Brachylaena discolor and Brachylaena rotundata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a semi-circular or oval tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf.
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