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Phrixosceles pteridograpta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gracillariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Phrixosceles

Scientific name
  
Phrixosceles pteridograpta

Phrixosceles pteridograpta is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Maharashtra, India.

Larvae were reared from an unidentified creeper. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a wandering gallery under the upper cuticle of the leaf.

References

Phrixosceles pteridograpta Wikipedia