Gracillaria japonica
Appearance
Gracillaria japonica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Gracillaria |
Species: | G. japonica
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Binomial name | |
Gracillaria japonica Kumata, 1982[1]
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Gracillaria japonica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the island of Honshu, the main island of Japan.[2]
The wingspan is 9.8–13 mm.
The larvae feed on Ligustrum obtusifolium and Ligustrum tschonoskii. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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