Biology:Phyllonorycter bascanaula

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Short description: Species of moth

Phyllonorycter bascanaula
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. bascanaula
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter bascanaula
(Meyrick, 1936)

Phyllonorycter bascanaula is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Java, Indonesia.[1]

The larvae feed on Mucuna pruriens. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7188897 entry