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Phyllonorycter adderis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in south-western Rwanda in montane, closed canopy forests at an altitude of about 1,800 metres.[1]

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

The length of the forewings is 2.85–2.96 mm.[1] The forewing ground colour is ochreous with white markings.[1] The hindwings are dark grey with a long fringe of the same shading as the hindwing.[1] Adults are on wing in August.[1]

The larvae feed as leaf miners on Urena lobata.[1] The mine has the form of a semi-transparent tentiform mine which is made on the underside of the leaf.[1] Several mines can be present on a single leaf.[1]

Etymology

The specific epithet is derived from Latin addere (meaning to append) and refers to the long appendical cucullus on the valve.[1]

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