Phyllonorycter madagascariensis

Phyllonorycter madagascariensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Madagascar.[2]

Phyllonorycter madagascariensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. madagascariensis
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter madagascariensis
(Viette, 1949)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis madagascariensis Viette, 1949

The forewings are very pale ochreous, golden and marked with two silvery white fascia. The hindwings are equally dark grey dorsally and ventrally. Adults are probably on wing in July and August.[3]

References
  1. Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  3. Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)


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