Phyllonorycter japonica

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

Phyllonorycter japonica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (the islands of Hokkaidō, Honshū, Kyūshū and Shikoku) and the Russian Far East.^[2]

The wingspan is 6–8 mm.

The larvae feed on , , Corylus heterophylla, and Ostrya japonica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a ptychonomous blotch mine on the upperside of the leaf.

References[]

^ Taxonomic studies on the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part I
^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)^{[dead link]}

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

[2] Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)^{[dead link]}

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