Phyllonorycter caudasimplex

Phyllonorycter caudasimplex is a moth from the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Nigeria.[2]

Phyllonorycter caudasimplex
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. caudasimplex
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter caudasimplex
Bland, 1980[1]

The length of the forewings is 3.2 mm. The forewings are ochreous brown with white markings. The hindwings are fuscous with a long, light fuscous fringe. Adults are on wing in late December.[3]

The larvae were recorded on Dombeya acutangula and Ruizia cordata, but these records are based on a misidentification of Phyllonorycter ruizivorus. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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