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Phyllocnistis chrysophthalma

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gracillariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Phyllocnistis

Scientific name
  
Phyllocnistis chrysophthalma

Phyllocnistis chrysophthalma is a moth of the Gracillariidae family, known from Karnataka, India.

The hostplants for the species include Cinnamomum verum and Cinnamomum zeylanicum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch under the lower cuticle. It is elongate and wandering and the course of the larva is marked by frass forming a wavy continuous fine dark line.

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