Nuritamburia phyllanthana

Nuritamburia phyllanthana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Section: Cossina
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Nuritamburia
Species: N. phyllanthana
Binomial name
Nuritamburia phyllanthana
(Swezey, 1940)
Synonyms
  • Tortrix phyllanthana Swezey, 1940
  • Bradleyella phyllanthana

Nuritamburia phyllanthana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Oahu.

The larvae feed on Phyllanthus sandwicensis. The larvae are green. They feed between spun-together leaves of their host plant.

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