Phyllonorycter carpini

Phyllonorycter carpini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. carpini
Binomial name
	Phyllonorycter carpini; (Kumata, 1963)
Synonyms
	Lithocolletis carpini Kumata, 1963;

Phyllonorycter carpini is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (Hokkaidō) and the Russian Far East.^[2]

The wingspan is 5.5-6.5 mm. This species is represented by the aestival (summer) and autumnal forms, which are distinctive in colour.

The larvae feed on Carpinus cordata, and . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a ptychonomous, very elongate blotch mine on the under side of the leaf.

References[]

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[1] Taxonomic studies on the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part I

[2] Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)

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