Biology:Phyllonorycter pseudolautella

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Short description: Species of moth

Phyllonorycter pseudolautella
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. pseudolautella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter pseudolautella
(Kumata, 1963)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis pseudolautella Kumata, 1963

Phyllonorycter pseudolautella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Hokkaidō and Honshū in Japan and from the Russian Far East.[2]

The wingspan is 6-7.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus crispula, Quercus mongolica and Quercus serrata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a ptychonomous blotch mine situated between two veins on the underside of the leaf.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7189211 entry