| Phyllonorycter rhynchosiae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. rhynchosiae |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter rhynchosiae (Meyrick, 1912)[1] |
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Phyllonorycter rhynchosiae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.[2]
The larvae feed on Eriosema psoraleoides, Rhynchosia confusa and Rhynchosia nitens. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a rather small, oval, semi-transparent, tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf.