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Phyllonorycter pavoniae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.[2]

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

The length of the forewings is 2.5–3 mm. The forewing is elongate and the ground colour is bronze ochreous with a few white and black scales at the base. The hindwings are pale greyish beige and slightly shiny. Adults are on wing from early December to late May.[3]

The larvae feed on Pavonia burchellii and Pavonia praemorsa. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregular, oblong, semi-transparent, tentiform mine on underside of leaf.

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