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Phyllonorycter jozanae

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Phyllonorycter jozanae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. jozanae
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter jozanae
(Kumata, 1967)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis jozanae Kumata, 1967
  • Phyllonorycter pinnatifidella (Kuznetzov, 1979)

Phyllonorycter jozanae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Hokkaidō island in Japan and from the Russian Far East.[2]

The wingspan is 6–7 mm.

The larvae feed on Crataegus species, including Crataegus chlorosarca, Crataegus jozana, Crataegus maximowiczii and Crataegus pinnatifida. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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