Phyllonorycter loxozona
Phyllonorycter loxozona is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Uganda.[2] The record for Kenya is a misidentification of Cameraria torridella.
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. loxozona |
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The length of the forewings is 2.8–3.2 mm. The forewings are elongate and the ground colour is ochreous brown with white markings. The hindwings are fuscous with a long shiny fringe of the same colour as the hindwing. Adults are on wing from early February to mid-May and from early October to mid-December.[3]
The larvae feed on Dombeya bagshawei, Dombeya emarginata and Dombeya rotundifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a long, narrow gallery, mainly along the edge of the leaf. Later the larvae form a gall-like swelling near the base of the disc.
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