Phyllonorycter engelhardiae

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

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

The wingspan is about 6 mm.

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

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