Phyllocnistis cirrhophanes
| Phyllocnistis cirrhophanes | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllocnistis |
| Species: | P. cirrhophanes |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllocnistis cirrhophanes (Meyrick, 1915)[1] | |
Phyllocnistis cirrhophanes is a moth of the Gracillariidae family, known from Karnataka, India.[1]
The hostplant for the species is Alseodaphne semecarpifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a spiral. Later, it becomes an undulating gallery under the upper cuticle of the leaf, always confined to the edge of the leaf and producing blackish discolouration.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Phyllocnistis cirrhophanes Meyrick, 1915 at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera).