Tischeria urticicolella

Tischeria urticicolella is a moth of the family Tischeriidae. It is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Tischeria urticicolella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tischeriidae
Genus:
Tischeria
Species:
T. urticicolella
Binomial name
Tischeria urticicolella
(Ghesquière, 1940)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis urticicolella Ghesquière, 1940
  • Phyllonorycter urticicolella

The larvae feed on Laportea podocarpa. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. African Tischeriidae Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine


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