Phyllonorycter_loxozona

<i>Phyllonorycter loxozona</i>

Phyllonorycter loxozona

Species of moth

Phyllonorycter loxozona is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Uganda.[2] The record for Kenya is a misidentification of Cameraria torridella.

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The length of the forewings is 2.8–3.2 mm. Adults are on wing from early February to mid-May and from early October to mid-December.[3]

The larvae feed on Dombeya bagshawei, Dombeya emarginata and Dombeya rotundifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

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


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