Phyllonorycter bascanaula

Phyllonorycter bascanaula is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Java, Indonesia.[1]

Phyllonorycter bascanaula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. bascanaula
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter bascanaula
(Meyrick, 1936)

The larvae feed on Mucuna pruriens. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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