Phrixosceles pteridograpta
Phrixosceles pteridograpta | |
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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.