Phyllonorycter kazuri

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

Phyllonorycter kazuri is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in eastern Kenya where its habitat consists primarily of savannah, at an altitude of about 500 meters.[1]

The forewings of P. kazuri are between 2.1 and 2.2 mm long; in appearance they are golden ochreous with white markings consisting of a short basal streak; two transverse, sharply angulated fasciae; and two costal and one dorsal strigulae.[1] The hindwings are pale beige with a whitish golden fringe.[1] Adults are on wing in mid-April.[1]

P. kazuri is very similar to related species P. encaeria and P. lantanae. It can only be distinguished from the former by the coloration of the thorax and genital construction: whereas in P. encaeria, the thorax is golden ochreous throughout, P. kazuri has white lateral sides.[1] P. kazuri also has flap-like ventral projections of the valva to differentiate it from P. encaeria.[1]

Etymology

The specific epithet means "small and beautiful" in Swahili.[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.