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Phyllocnistis drimiphaga

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gracillariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Phyllocnistis

Phyllocnistis drimiphaga

Similar
  
Phyllocnistis tropaeolicola, Phyllocnistis, Gracillariidae

Phyllocnistis drimiphaga is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known only from cloud forests above 2000 m in Cordillera de Talamanca and Central Volcanic Conservation Area in Costa Rica.

The length of the forewings is 2.9-3.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Drimys granadensis.

References

Phyllocnistis drimiphaga Wikipedia