Liocrobyla tephrosiae

Liocrobyla tephrosiae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Liocrobyla
Species:
L. tephrosiae
Binomial name
Liocrobyla tephrosiae
Vári, 1961[1]

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.

References

  1. ^ Afrotropical Gracillariidae Archived 2012-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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