| Phyllonorycter ovalifoliae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. ovalifoliae |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter ovalifoliae Kumata, 1973[1] | |
Phyllonorycter ovalifoliae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Nepal.[2]
The wingspan is 7-7.5 mm.
The larvae feed on Lyonia ovalifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a very elongate, tentiformed blotch occurring upon the lower side of the leaf, always situated along the leaf-margin. The lower epidermis of the leaf at the mining part is dark brownish and much wrinkled in the well-matured stage, causing the leaf to fold almost downward.
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