Phyllonorycter enchalcoa

Phyllonorycter enchalcoa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Tasmania.[2]

Phyllonorycter enchalcoa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. enchalcoa
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter enchalcoa
(Turner, 1939)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phyllocnistis enchalcoa Turner, 1939
  • Phyllonorycter enchalca (Turner, 1940)

The larvae feed on Plagianthus sidoides. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. Australian Faunal Directory
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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