Phyllonorycter ostryae
Phyllonorycter ostryae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. ostryae |
Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter ostryae (Kumata, 1963)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter ostryae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Hokkaidō island of Japan.[2]
The wingspan is 5.5-6.5 mm.
The larvae feed on Ostrya japonica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a ptychonomous leaf mine, occurring along the margin on the underside of the leaf.
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