Phyllonorycter kamijoi

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

Phyllonorycter kamijoi is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the islands of Honshū and Kyūshū in Japan and from Korea.[2]

The wingspan is 5.5-6.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Castanea crenata and Quercus acutissima. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a ptychonomous leaf mine on the lower surface of the leaves.

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