Phyllonorycter nipponicella
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| Species: | P. nipponicella
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| Phyllonorycter nipponicella (Kumata, 1963)[1]
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Phyllonorycter nipponicella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Honshū island of Japan, and from Korea and the Russian Far East.[2]
The wingspan is 7-8.5 mm.
The larvae feed on Quercus acutissima and Quercus variabilis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a ptychonomous blotch mine on the underside of the leaf.
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