Phyllonorycter enchalcoa

Phyllonorycter enchalcoa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. enchalcoa
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter enchalcoa
(Turner, 1939)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phyllocnistis enchalcoa Turner, 1939
  • Phyllonorycter enchalca (Turner, 1940)

Phyllonorycter enchalcoa is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Tasmania.[2]

The larvae feed on Plagianthus sidoides. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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