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Phyllonorycter chionopa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Namibia.[2] The habitat consists of sandy floodplains and rocky slopes along dry river beds with dominant trees as Acacia montis-usti and Commiphora species.

Phyllonorycter chionopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. chionopa
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter chionopa (Vári, 1961)[1]
Synonyms
Lithocolletis chionopa Vári, 1961

The length of the forewings is 3 mm. The forewings are elongate and the ground colour is golden yellow with white markings consisting of a broad, irregularly shaped basal streak, two broad, costal, patch-like strigulae, and two dorsal patch-like strigulae. The hindwings are uniformly white. Adults are probably on wing from October to late November or early December.[3]

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