Phyllonorycter ipomoellus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. ipomoellus
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Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter ipomoellus de Prins, 2012
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Phyllonorycter ipomoellus is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in south-western Rwanda in open clearings in montane wet forests at an altitude of about 1,800 meters. [1]
The length of the forewings is 2.71–2.82 mm. [1] The forewing ground colour is ochreous with white markings. [1] The hindwings are pale grey with slight bronze shading and shine and with a long fringe of the same shading as the hindwing. [1] Adults are on wing in mid-August. [1]
The larvae feed as leaf miners on Ipomoea bracteata. [1] The mine is small, tentiform, and made on the underside of the leaf, usually on the subbasal part. [1] There may be one or two mines present on a single leaf. [1]
The specific name is derived from the generic name of the host plant, Ipomoea. [1]
Phyllonorycter ipomoellus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. ipomoellus
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Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter ipomoellus de Prins, 2012
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Phyllonorycter ipomoellus is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in south-western Rwanda in open clearings in montane wet forests at an altitude of about 1,800 meters. [1]
The length of the forewings is 2.71–2.82 mm. [1] The forewing ground colour is ochreous with white markings. [1] The hindwings are pale grey with slight bronze shading and shine and with a long fringe of the same shading as the hindwing. [1] Adults are on wing in mid-August. [1]
The larvae feed as leaf miners on Ipomoea bracteata. [1] The mine is small, tentiform, and made on the underside of the leaf, usually on the subbasal part. [1] There may be one or two mines present on a single leaf. [1]
The specific name is derived from the generic name of the host plant, Ipomoea. [1]