Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gracillariidae Scientific name Liocrobyla tephrosiae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Liocrobyla Rank Species | |
Liocrobyla tephrosiae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.
The larvae feed on Tephrosia polystachya. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a very irregular, semi-transparent blotch-mine without a gallery.
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