The length of the forewings is 2.9–3.2 mm. The forewings are elongate and the ground colour is ochreous brown with white markings. The hindwings are light, beige with a long light beige, slightly shiny fringe. 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. The mine has the form of a long, narrow gallery, mainly along the edge of the leaf. Later it creates a gall-like swelling near the base of the disc.
phyllonorycter, didymopa, moth, family, gracillariidae, known, from, south, africa, namibia, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animalia, phylum, arthropoda, class, insecta, order, lepidoptera, family, gracillariidae, genus, phyllonorycter. Phyllonorycter didymopa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae It is known from South Africa 2 and Namibia Phyllonorycter didymopa Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Lepidoptera Family Gracillariidae Genus Phyllonorycter Species P didymopa Binomial name Phyllonorycter didymopa Vari 1961 1 Synonyms Lithocolletis didymopa Vari 1961 The length of the forewings is 2 9 3 2 mm The forewings are elongate and the ground colour is ochreous brown with white markings The hindwings are light beige with a long light beige slightly shiny fringe 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 The mine has the form of a long narrow gallery mainly along the edge of the leaf Later it creates a gall like swelling near the base of the disc References edit Afrotropical Gracillariidae Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae Lepidoptera Systematics revisionary taxonomy and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae Lepidoptera Gracillariidae nbsp This article relating to moths in genus Phyllonorycter is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Phyllonorycter didymopa amp oldid 1177878643, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
