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Phyllonorycter nipponicella

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Phyllonorycter nipponicella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. nipponicella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter nipponicella
(Kumata, 1963)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis nipponicella Kumata, 1963

Phyllonorycter nipponicella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Honshū island of Japan, and from Korea and the Russian Far East.[2]

The wingspan is 7-8.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus acutissima and Quercus variabilis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Kumata, Tosio (April 1963). "Taxonomic studies on the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part I" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. 25 (2): 53–90. hdl:2115/9688.
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)