Phyllonorycter rhynchosiae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.[2] The habitat consists of the urban hills of Pretoria.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. rhynchosiae
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter rhynchosiae (Vári, 1961)[1]
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The length of the forewings is 3–3.3 mm. Adults are on wing from early January to mid-March and from early June to mid-August.[3]
The larvae feed on Eriosema psoraleoides, Rhynchosia confusa and Rhynchosia nitens. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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