Phyllonorycter pavoniae

Phyllonorycter pavoniae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.[2]

Phyllonorycter pavoniae
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. pavoniae
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter pavoniae
(Vári, 1961)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis pavoniae Vári, 1961

The length of the forewings is 2.5–3 mm. Adults are on wing from early December to late May.[3]

The larvae feed on Pavonia burchellii and Pavonia praemorsa. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  3. Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)


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