Phyllonorycter bascanaula

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Phyllonorycter bascanaula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. bascanaula
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter bascanaula
(Meyrick, 1936)

Phyllonorycter bascanaula is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Indonesia (Java).[1]

The larvae feed on Mucuna pruriens. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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