Phyllocnistis stereograpta

Phyllocnistis stereograpta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllocnistis
Species: P. stereograpta
Binomial name
Phyllocnistis stereograpta
(Meyrick, 1934)[1]

Phyllocnistis stereograpta is a moth of the Gracillariidae family, known from Maharashtra, India.[1]

The hostplant for the species is Stereospermum suaveolens. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a wandering gallery in the leaf.

References

  1. 1 2 Phyllocnistis stereograpta Meyrick, 1934 at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera).


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