Phyllonorycter orientalis
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. orientalis
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Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter orientalis (Kumata, 1963)[1]
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Phyllonorycter orientalis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Hokkaido and Kyushu in Japan and from the Russian Far East and Taiwan.[1]
The larvae feed as leaf miners on Acer species, including Acer mono, Acer palmatum and Acer carpinifolium.[1] The mine is situated on the lower surface of the leaf.[1]
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