Phyllonorycter hibiscola

Phyllonorycter hibiscola
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. hibiscola
Binomial name
	Phyllonorycter hibiscola; de Prins, 2012

Phyllonorycter hibiscola is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in western Kenya in primary Guineo-Congolian rain forest.[1]

The length of the forewings is 2.1–2.4 mm.[1] The forewings are elongate and the ground colour is golden brownish with dirty white markings.[1] The hindwings are narrow, elongate and pointed and the ground colour is brownish fuscous.[1] Adults are on wing from late March to mid-April.[1]

The larvae feed as leaf miners on Hibiscus calyphyllus.[1] The mine has the form of a semi-transparent blotch, which is made on the underside of the leaf.[1] The frass is fine and black and scattered at one end of mine.[1]

Etymology

The specific name is made combining the generic name of the host plant Hibiscus with the Latin suffix -cola (meaning inhabitant).[1]

References

Jurate De Prins; Akito Y. Kawahara (20 December 2012). "Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)". Zootaxa. 3594 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3594.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. Wikidata Q97576949.

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[deprins12-1] Jurate De Prins; Akito Y. Kawahara (20 December 2012). "Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)". Zootaxa. 3594 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3594.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. Wikidata Q97576949.