Phyllocnistis chrysophthalma is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Karnataka, India.[1]
Phyllocnistis chrysophthalma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Infraorder: | Heteroneura |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllocnistis |
Species: | P. chrysophthalma |
Binomial name | |
Phyllocnistis chrysophthalma (Meyrick, 1915)[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.
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