Phyllocnistis cassiella

Phyllocnistis cassiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllocnistis
Species: P. cassiella
Binomial name
Phyllocnistis cassiella
Ghesquière, 1940[1]

Phyllocnistis cassiella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Democratic Republic of Congo.[2]

The larvae feed on Senna didymobotrya. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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