Phyllonorycter aurifascia

“Lithocolletis” aurifascia is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Saint Helena.[1]

Phyllonorycter aurifascia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. aurifascia
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter aurifascia
(Walker, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis aurifascia Walker, 1875
  • Phyllonorycter aurifascia

The larvae feed on Commidendrum robustum. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

Taxonomy

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A 2012 study revealed that the species does not belong to Lithocolletinae according to external morphology.[2]

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