Phyllonorycter aino

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

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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