Phyllonorycter melhaniae
Appearance
Phyllonorycter melhaniae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. melhaniae
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Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter melhaniae | |
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Phyllonorycter melhaniae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Zimbabwe[2] and South Africa.
The length of the forewings is 2.4–2.8 mm. Adults are on wing from mid-April to mid-May.[3]
The larvae feed on Melhania velutina. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[4]