Phyllocnistis tropaeolicola
| Phyllocnistis tropaeolicola | |
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| Male | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllocnistis |
| Species: | P. tropaeolicola
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllocnistis tropaeolicola Kawahara, Nishida & Davis, 2009[1]
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Phyllocnistis tropaeolicola is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known only from Cerro de la Muerte, Villa Mills, at 3,100 m elevation in the Cordillera de Talamanca in Costa Rica.
The length of the forewings is 2.6-5.0 mm.
The larvae feed on Tropaeolum emarginatum.
References
- ^ Kawahara, A.; Nishida, K.; Davis, D. (2009). "Systematics, host plants, and life histories of three new Phyllocnistis species from the central highlands of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Phyllocnistinae)". ZooKeys (27): 7–30. doi:10.3897/zookeys.27.250.