Phrixosceles pteridograpta

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Phrixosceles pteridograpta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phrixosceles
Species: P. pteridograpta
Binomial name
Phrixosceles pteridograpta
Meyrick, 1935

Phrixosceles pteridograpta is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India (Maharashtra).[1]

Larvae were reared from an unidentified creeper. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a wandering gallery under the upper cuticule of the leaf.

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