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. 1.0 1.1 Phyllocnistis cirrhophanes Meyrick, 1915 at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera).

Wikidata ☰ Q7188696 entry