Tischeria urticicolella

Tischeria urticicolella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tischeriidae
Genus: Tischeria
Species: T. urticicolella
Binomial name
Tischeria urticicolella
(Ghesquière, 1940)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis urticicolella Ghesquière, 1940
  • Phyllonorycter urticicolella

Tischeria urticicolella is a moth of the Tischeriidae family. It is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The larvae feed on Laportea podocarpa. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ↑ African Tischeriidae


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