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Phyllonorycter rostrispinosa

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

Phyllonorycter rostrispinosa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Kyūshū and Honshū in Japan.[2]

The wingspan is about 5.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus serrata, Quercus acutissima and Quercus variabilis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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