Phyllonorycter ermani

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

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

The wingspan is 7-8.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Alnus maximowiczii and Betula ermanii. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a ptychonomous leaf mine on the space between two veins of the lower surface of the leaves.

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