Phyllonorycter maculata
| Phyllonorycter maculata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. maculata
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| Phyllonorycter maculata (Kumata, 1963)[1]
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Phyllonorycter maculata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Hokkaidō and Honshū in Japan.[2]
The wingspan is about 5.5 mm.
The larvae feed on Alnus hirsuta and Alnus matsumurae. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a ptychonomous leaf mine, occurring upon the lower surface of leaves.
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