Phyllonorycter stephanota
| Phyllonorycter stephanota | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. stephanota |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter stephanota (Meyrick, 1907)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter stephanota is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from New South Wales and Queensland.[2]
The larvae feed on Abutilon, Hibiscus, Malvastrum (including Malvastrum spicatum) and Sida species (including Sida subspicata). They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]
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