Phyllonorycter nipponicella

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Phyllonorycter nipponicella
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P. nipponicella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter nipponicella
(Kumata, 1963)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis nipponicella Kumata, 1963

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Phyllonorycter nipponicella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. 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. The mine has the form of a ptychonomous blotch mine on the underside of the leaf.

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