Liocrobyla tephrosiae

Liocrobyla tephrosiae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.[2]

Liocrobyla tephrosiae
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L. tephrosiae
Binomial name
Liocrobyla tephrosiae
VĂ¡ri, 1961[1]

The larvae feed on Tephrosia polystachya. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a very irregular, semi-transparent blotch-mine without a gallery.

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