Phyllonorycter ipomoellus

Phyllonorycter ipomoellus is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in south-western Rwanda in open clearings in montane wet forests at an altitude of about 1,800 meters.[1]

Phyllonorycter ipomoellus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. ipomoellus
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter ipomoellus de Prins, 2012

The length of the forewings is 2.71–2.82 mm.[1] The forewing ground colour is ochreous with white markings.[1] The hindwings are pale grey with slight bronze shading and shine and with a long fringe of the same shading as the hindwing.[1] Adults are on wing in mid-August.[1]

The larvae feed as leaf miners on Ipomoea bracteata.[1] The mine is small, tentiform, and made on the underside of the leaf, usually on the subbasal part.[1] There may be one or two mines present on a single leaf.[1]