Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gracillariidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Phyllocnistis | |
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Similar Phyllocnistinae, Phyllocnistis, Gracillariidae | ||
Phyllocnistis tropaeolicola is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known only from Cerro de la Muerte, Villa Mills, at 3,100 m elevation in the Cordillera de Talamanca in Costa Rica.
The length of the forewings is 2.6-5.0 mm.
The larvae feed on Tropaeolum emarginatum.
References
Phyllocnistis tropaeolicola Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA