Phyllocnistis drimiphaga
Species of moth
| Phyllocnistis drimiphaga | |
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| Female | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllocnistis |
| Species: | P. drimiphaga |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllocnistis drimiphaga Kawahara, Nishida & Davis, 2009 | |
Phyllocnistis drimiphaga is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known only from cloud forests above 2000 m in Cordillera de Talamanca and Central Conservation Area in Costa Rica.
A Leaf mines on abaxial side of leaf surface with white square enclosing early mine, arrow pointing to pupal cocoon fold B close-up view of early mine, arrow pointing to egg shell remains C same as figure B, but showing frass pattern (photo taken with sunlight projecting through the leaf from behind) D nearly mature old mine on adaxial side E nearly mature old mine on abaxial side (photo taken from adaxial side) F opened mine showing mature sap-feeding larva in situ G opened young pupal cocoon fold, showing cocoon-spinning larva in situ H pupal cocoon fold on adaxial mine I opened cocoon fold showing pupa in situ (dorsal view) J protruded and attached pupal shell (arrow) on pupal cocoon fold on abaxial leaf mine K opened cocoon pupal fold on adaxial mine showing Ageniaspis cocoons in situ.
The length of the forewings is 2.9-3.5 mm.
The larvae feed on Drimys granadensis.
External links
- Systematics, host plants, and life histories of three new Phyllocnistis species from the central highlands of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Phyllocnistinae)
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