Phyllocnistis chrysophthalma

Phyllocnistis chrysophthalma is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Karnataka, India.[1]

Phyllocnistis chrysophthalma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllocnistis
Species:
P. chrysophthalma
Binomial name
Phyllocnistis chrysophthalma
(Meyrick, 1915)[1]

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.

References
  1. Phyllocnistis chrysophthalma Meyrick, 1915 at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera).


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