Biology:Phyllocnistis cirrhophanes

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Short description: Species of moth


Phyllocnistis cirrhophanes
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P. cirrhophanes
Binomial name
Phyllocnistis cirrhophanes
(Meyrick, 1915)[1]

Phyllocnistis cirrhophanes is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, 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. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Phyllocnistis cirrhophanes Meyrick, 1915 at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera).

Wikidata ☰ Q7188696 entry