Phycita clientella

{{Short description|Species of moth}}

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| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| classis = Insecta

| ordo = Lepidoptera

| familia = Pyralidae

| genus = Phycita

| species = P. clientella

| binomial = Phycita clientella

| binomial_authority = Zeller, 1867

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Phycita clientella, the brinjal leaf-folding caterpillar, is a moth of the family Pyralidae. The species was first described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1867.{{cite web |url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017/details/species/id/dd19d13110c5e9659a7161840c639474 |title=Species Details: Phycita clientella Zeller, 1867 |website=Catalogue of Life |accessdate=29 May 2018}} It is found in India, western Malaysia, Sri Lanka,{{cite journal |last1=Koçak |first1=Ahmet Ömer |last2=Kemal |first2=Muhabbet |date=20 February 2012 |url=https://www.academia.edu/1782757 |title=Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka |journal=Cesa News |publisher=Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara |issue=79 |pages=1–57 |via=Academia}} Nicobar Islands and the Andaman Islands.

Host plants of the caterpillar include, Solanum melongena, Solanum torvum, Ricinus communis{{cite web |url=http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/list.dsml?amp;family=carposinidae&searchpageurl=browse%2Edsml&sort=family%2520carposinidae%2520natural%2520history%2520museum%2520hosts%2520database&beginIndex=108030& |title=HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants |publisher=The Natural History Museum|accessdate=28 March 2018}} and Solanum lycopersicum.{{cite web |url=https://www.globalspecies.org/ntaxa/1334923 |title=Phycita clientella |website=Global Species|accessdate=28 March 2018}}