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Tischeria urticicolella

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Tischeria urticicolella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tischeriidae
Genus: Tischeria
Species:
T. urticicolella
Binomial name
Tischeria urticicolella
(Ghesquière, 1940)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis urticicolella Ghesquière, 1940
  • Phyllonorycter urticicolella

Tischeria urticicolella is a moth of the family Tischeriidae. It is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The larvae feed on Laportea podocarpa. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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