Phyllonorycter grewiella
Species of moth
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Phyllonorycter grewiella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa,[2] Botswana, Kenya, Namibia and coastal Yemen. The habitat consists of the coastal savannahs of southern and East Africa and the forests belonging to the Zanzibar-Inhambane floristic region.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. grewiella |
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| Phyllonorycter grewiella | |
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The length of the forewings is 2.4–2.8 mm. Adults have been reared and collected during every month of the year except August, October and December.[3]
The larvae feed on Grewia bicolor, Grewia flava, Grewia flavescens, Grewia hexamita, Grewia messinica, Grewia monticola and Grewia villosa. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
