Phyllonorycter nipponicella
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. nipponicella
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Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter nipponicella (Kumata, 1963)[1]
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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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)