Biology:Phyllonorycter nipponicella
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. nipponicella
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| Phyllonorycter nipponicella (Kumata, 1963)[1]
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Phyllonorycter nipponicella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. 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.
References
- ↑ Kumata, Tosio (April 1963). "Taxonomic studies on the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part I". Insecta Matsumurana 25 (2): 53–90. http://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2115/9688/1/25%282%29_p53-90.pdf.
- ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Wikidata ☰ Q7189162 entry
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