Phyllocnistis cassiella

Phyllocnistis cassiella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Democratic Republic of Congo.[2]

Phyllocnistis cassiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllocnistis
Species:
P. cassiella
Binomial name
Phyllocnistis cassiella
Ghesquière, 1940[1]

The larvae feed on Senna didymobotrya. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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