Phyllonorycter hibiscina

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.

Phyllonorycter hibiscina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

The length of the forewings is 3–4.1 mm. The forewings are ochreous dark golden with white markings. The hindwings are pale fuscous with a long, pale fuscous fringe. 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. The mine has the form of a moderate, oval or oblong, semi-transparent, tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf.

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