Biology:Liocrobyla tephrosiae
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Short description: Species of moth
Liocrobyla tephrosiae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Liocrobyla |
Species: | L. tephrosiae
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Binomial name | |
Liocrobyla tephrosiae Vári, 1961[1]
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Liocrobyla tephrosiae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa .[2]
The larvae feed on Tephrosia polystachya. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a very irregular, semi-transparent blotch-mine without a gallery.
References
Wikidata ☰ Q6555275 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liocrobyla tephrosiae.
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