Phyllocnistis wygodzinskyi

Phyllocnistis wygodzinskyi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Argentina.[1] It was described by German entomologist Erich Martin Hering in 1958.[2] The larvae feed on Asteraceae species. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

Phyllocnistis wygodzinskyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllocnistis
Species:
P. wygodzinskyi
Binomial name
Phyllocnistis wygodzinskyi
E. M. Hering, 1958[1]

References
  1. Phyllocnistis wygodzinskyi E. M. Hering, 1958 at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera).
  2. Hering, E. M. 1958b. Neue Microlepidopteren von Tucuman. - Acta Zoologica Lilloana 15:303–312.


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