Phyllonorycter juglandis
| Phyllonorycter juglandis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. juglandis
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter juglandis (Kumata, 1963)[1]
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Phyllonorycter juglandis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Hokkaidō island in Japan.[2]
The wingspan of this moth is 6.5–8 mm. The larvae feed on Juglans ailanthifolia and Pterocarya rhoifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
[edit]- ^ Kumata, Tosio (April 1963). "Taxonomic studies on the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part I". Insects Matsumurana. 25 (2): 53–90.
- ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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