Phodoryctis
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Phodoryctis is a genus of moth
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Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s in the family Gracillariidae
Gracillariidae
Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella....
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Species
- Phodoryctis caeruleaPhodoryctis caeruleaPhodoryctis caerulea is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India , Malaysia , Indonesia , Sri Lanka, Fiji, Guam, the Solomon Islands, Japan and Taiwan, as well as Tanzania.The wingspan is 6-8 mm.The larvae feed on Carissa carandas, Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Diospora deltoidea,...
(Meyrick, 1912) - Phodoryctis dolichophilaPhodoryctis dolichophilaPhodoryctis dolichophila is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa and Mauritius.The larvae feed on Dolichos trilobus and Vigna species, including Vigna unguiculata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, more or less rounded,...
(Vári, 1961) - Phodoryctis stephaniaePhodoryctis stephaniaePhodoryctis stephaniae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan , Nepal and Taiwan.The wingspan is 5.8-8.1 mm....
Kumata & Kuroko, 1988 - Phodoryctis thrypticosemaPhodoryctis thrypticosemaPhodoryctis thrypticosema is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.The larvae feed on Craibia brevicaudata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregular, narrowly oblong, semi-transparent blotch-mine on the...
(Vári, 1961)