Phyllonorycter juglandis
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. juglandis
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Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter juglandis (Kumata, 1963)[1]
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Phyllonorycter juglandis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Hokkaidō island in Japan.[2]
The wingspan of this moth is 6.5–8 mm. The larvae feed on Juglans ailanthifolia and Pterocarya rhoifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
[edit]- ^ Kumata, Tosio (April 1963). "Taxonomic studies on the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part I". Insects Matsumurana. 25 (2): 53–90.
- ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)