Tischeria urticicolella

Tischeria urticicolella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tischeriidae
Genus: Tischeria
Species: T. urticicolella
Binomial name
Tischeria urticicolella
(Ghesquière, 1940)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis urticicolella Ghesquière, 1940
  • Phyllonorycter urticicolella

Tischeria urticicolella is a moth of the Tischeriidae family. It is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The larvae feed on Laportea podocarpa. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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