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Phyllonorycter lemarchandi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Madagascar.[2]

Phyllonorycter lemarchandi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. lemarchandi
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter lemarchandi (Viette, 1951)[1]
Synonyms
Lithocolletis lemarchandi Viette, 1951

The length of the forewings is 2–2.3 mm. The forewing ground colour is yellowish-ochreous with white markings. The hindwings are pale grey with a long pale greyish ochreous fringe of lighter shading than the hindwing. Adults are on wing in early September and from late December to early January.[3]

The larvae feed on Sida rhombifolia and Solanum species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an abaxial, oval, blotch-mine situated close to the base of the leaflet.

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