Phyllonorycter didymopa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa[2] and Namibia.
Phyllonorycter didymopa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. didymopa
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Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter didymopa (Vári, 1961)[1]
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The length of the forewings is 2.9–3.2 mm. Specimens were reared from mines collected in mid-January and mid-March.[3]
The larvae feed on Dombeya rotundifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Later it creates a gall-like swelling near the base of the disc.
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