Biology:Phyllonorycter pterocaryae

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Short description: Species of moth

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

Phyllonorycter pterocaryae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the island of Hokkaidō in Japan from the Russian Far East.[2]

The wingspan is 5–6 mm.

The larvae feed on Juglans ailanthifolia, Juglans mandschurica, Juglans regia, and Pterocarya rhoifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a ptychonomous leaf mine, situated between two veins of the upper surface of the leaf.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7189213 entry