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Phyllonorycter grewiaecola

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gracillariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Phyllonorycter

Scientific name
  
Phyllonorycter grewiaecola

Phyllonorycter grewiaecola is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya. The habitat consists of savannah areas at altitudes between 470 and 920 meters.

The length of the forewings is 2.4–2.6 mm. The forewings are elongate and the ground colour is ochreous brown with white markings. The hindwings are pale ochreous with a golden shine with a long, pale golden and shiny fringe. Adults are on wing from February to August.

The larvae feed on Grewia kwebensis and Grewia tristis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a small oval, tentiform mine, either on the upper or underside of the leaf.

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Phyllonorycter grewiaecola Wikipedia