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Phyllocnistis chrysophthalma

Wikipedia Abstract

Phyllocnistis chrysophthalma is a moth of the Gracillariidae family, known from Karnataka, India. The hostplants for the species include Cinnamomum verum and Cinnamomum zeylanicum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch under the lower cuticle. It is elongate and wandering and the course of the larva is marked by frass forming a wavy continuous fine dark line.
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Prey / Diet

Cinnamomum loureiroi (cinnamon)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Gibbovalva civica1

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Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0