Neolithocolletis nsengai | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Neolithocolletis |
Species: | N. nsengai
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Binomial name | |
Neolithocolletis nsengai de Prins, 2012
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Neolithocolletis nsengai is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Bas-Congo province) in primary rain forest. [1]
The length of the forewings is 1.69–2.01 millimetres (0.067–0.079 in). [1] The forewing ground colour is golden ochreous with black markings without margins. [1] The hindwings are pale grey with a long and dense dark grey fringe gradually shortening towards the apex. [1] Adults are on wing from early April to late May. [1]
The larvae feed as leaf miners on Dalbergia hostilis. [1] The mine has the form of an oblong whitish or pale beige blotch-mine which is found on the base of the leaflet on the underside of the leaf. [1] Pupation takes place inside the mine within a circular white cocoon. [1]
The species is named in honour of Laurent Nsenga, the general managing director of the Luki-Mayumbe nature reserve and WWF. [1]
Neolithocolletis nsengai | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Neolithocolletis |
Species: | N. nsengai
|
Binomial name | |
Neolithocolletis nsengai de Prins, 2012
|
Neolithocolletis nsengai is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Bas-Congo province) in primary rain forest. [1]
The length of the forewings is 1.69–2.01 millimetres (0.067–0.079 in). [1] The forewing ground colour is golden ochreous with black markings without margins. [1] The hindwings are pale grey with a long and dense dark grey fringe gradually shortening towards the apex. [1] Adults are on wing from early April to late May. [1]
The larvae feed as leaf miners on Dalbergia hostilis. [1] The mine has the form of an oblong whitish or pale beige blotch-mine which is found on the base of the leaflet on the underside of the leaf. [1] Pupation takes place inside the mine within a circular white cocoon. [1]
The species is named in honour of Laurent Nsenga, the general managing director of the Luki-Mayumbe nature reserve and WWF. [1]