| Phyllocnistis cirrhophanes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Species: | Template:Taxonomy/PhyllocnistisP. cirrhophanes
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| Template:Taxonomy/PhyllocnistisPhyllocnistis cirrhophanes | |
Phyllocnistis cirrhophanes is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Karnataka, India.[1]
The hostplant for the species is Alseodaphne semecarpifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a spiral. Later, it becomes an undulating gallery under the upper cuticle of the leaf, always confined to the edge of the leaf and producing blackish discolouration.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Phyllocnistis cirrhophanes Meyrick, 1915 at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera).