Phyllonorycter aino
| Phyllonorycter aino | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. aino |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter aino (Kumata, 1963)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter aino is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the island of Hokkaido in Japan and Korea.
The wingspan is 5.5–6 mm.
The larvae feed on Spiraea salicifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is ptychonomous and located on the lower surface of the leaf.
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