Biology:Phyllonorycter adderis
| Phyllonorycter adderis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. adderis
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter adderis de Prins, 2012
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Phyllonorycter adderis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in south-western Rwanda in montane, closed canopy forests at an altitude of about 1,800 metres.[1]
The length of the forewings is 2.85–2.96 mm.[1] The forewing ground colour is ochreous with white markings.[1] The hindwings are dark grey with a long fringe of the same shading as the hindwing.[1] Adults are on wing in August.[1]
The larvae feed as leaf miners on Urena lobata.[1] The mine has the form of a semi-transparent tentiform mine which is made on the underside of the leaf.[1] Several mines can be present on a single leaf.[1]
Etymology
The specific epithet is derived from Latin addere (meaning to append) and refers to the long appendical cucullus on the valve.[1]
References
Wikidata ☰ Q7188853 entry
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