Phyllocnistis diaugella

Phyllocnistis diaugella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllocnistis
Species: P. diaugella
Binomial name
Phyllocnistis diaugella
Meyrick, 1880[1]

Phyllocnistis diaugella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.[2]

The larvae feed on Breynia species (including Breynia oblongifolia) and Euphorbia sparrmannii. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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