Phyllocnistis lucernifera

Phyllocnistis lucernifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllocnistis
Species: P. lucernifera
Binomial name
Phyllocnistis lucernifera
(Meyrick, 1935)[1]

Phyllocnistis lucernifera is a moth of the Gracillariidae family, known from Maharashtra, India.[1] They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a wandering zigzag gallery on the under surface of the leaf.

References

  1. 1 2 Phyllocnistis lucernifera Meyrick, 1935 at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera).


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