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Phyllonorycter pseuditeina

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gracillariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Phyllonorycter

Scientific name
  
Phyllonorycter pseuditeina

Phyllonorycter pseuditeina is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is native to Nepal.

The wingspan is 5-5.2 mm.

The larvae feed on an undetermined shrub. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a rather small, tentiformed occurring upon the lower surface of the leaf, always situated on the space between two lateral veins. The lower epidermis of the leaf on the mining part whitish, very much wrinkled longitudinally, while without any distinct ridges even in fully developed condition.

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Phyllonorycter pseuditeina Wikipedia