Phyllonorycter bicinctella
| Phyllonorycter bicinctella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. bicinctella |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter bicinctella (Matsumura, 1931)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter bicinctella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Hokkaido island of Japan and the Russian Far East.
The larvae feed on Ulmus davidiana var. japonica, Quercus crispula and Ulmus pumila. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is ptychonomous and located on the space between two veins of the lower surface of the leaves.
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