Phyllonorycter tribhuvani

Phyllonorycter tribhuvani is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Nepal.[2]

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

Overview

The wingspan is about 6.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Prunus cerasoides. 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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