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Phyllonorycter aarviki is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in Tanzania and Yemen.[1] The habitat consists of dry semi urbanized areas along the Indian coast and in eastern Africa.[1]

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

The length of the forewings is 2.3 mm.[1] The forewing ground colour is bright ochreous with blackish fuscous markings.[1] The hindwings are pale grey with a long pale fuscous fringe of the same shading than the hindwing.[1] Adults are on wing in late March (eastern Africa) and in early May (coast of the Arabian Peninsula).[1]

Etymology

The species is named after Leif Aarvik, collector of the holotype and a lepidopterist at the Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo.[1]

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