Phyllocnistis chrysophthalma
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| Species: | P. chrysophthalma
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Phyllocnistis chrysophthalma is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Karnataka, India.[1]
The hostplants for the species include Cinnamomum verum and Cinnamomum zeylanicum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch under the lower cuticle. It is elongate and wandering and the course of the larva is marked by frass forming a wavy continuous fine dark line.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Phyllocnistis chrysophthalma Meyrick, 1915 at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera).
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