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Scientific name Phyllonorycter ovalifoliae |
Phyllonorycter ovalifoliae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Nepal.
The wingspan is 7-7.5 mm.
The larvae feed on Lyonia ovalifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a very elongate, tentiformed blotch occurring upon the lower side of the leaf, always situated along the leaf-margin. The lower epidermis of the leaf at the mining part is dark brownish and much wrinkled in the well-matured stage, causing the leaf to fold almost downward.
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