Phyllonorycter hibiscina

Phyllonorycter hibiscina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. hibiscina
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter hibiscina
(Vári, 1961)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis hibiscina Vári, 1961

Phyllonorycter hibiscina is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa,[2] Kenya, Zimbabwe and Cameroon. The habitat consists of secondary forests.

The length of the forewings is 3–4.1 mm. Adults are on wing almost year-round except in June, July and August.[3]

The larvae feed on Brachylaena, Abutilon mauritianum, Hibiscus calyphyllus, Hibiscus lunarifolius and Pavonia. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  3. ^ Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)


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