''Phyllonorycter umukarus'' is a
moth of the family
Gracillariidae. It is found in south-western
Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
in open clearings in montane wet forests at an altitude of about 1,800 meters.
The length of the forewings is 2.95–3.14 mm.
References
Moths described in 2012
umukarus
Moths of Africa
Lepidoptera of Rwanda
Taxa named by Jurate de Prins
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