Phyllonorycter drepanota

Phyllonorycter drepanota is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Nepal and Uttarakhand, India.[2]

Phyllonorycter drepanota
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. drepanota
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter drepanota
Kumata, 1973[1]

The wingspan is 5.5–7 mm.

The larvae feed on Engelhardia spicata. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. On the genus Phyllonorycter or Lithocolletis from Central Nepal, with descriptions of twelve new species - notes on Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) of Nepal, I
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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