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Short description: Species of moth

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

Phyllonorycter mongolicae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Hokkaidō, Honshū, Kyūshū and Shikoku in Japan .[2]

The wingspan is 5.5–7 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 on the underside of the leaf.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7189148 entry