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Epicephala albifrons
Plate 1 of 1. Charles Lam from Hong Kong, China (CC BY-SA 2.0) · via Wikimedia

Epicephala albifrons

Epicephala albifrons is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India (Karnataka, West Bengal and Kerala), Indonesia (Buru), Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.

The larvae feed on Phyllanthus species, including Phyllanthus niruri. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 124265.