Phyllonorycter cretata

Phyllonorycter cretata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. cretata
Binomial name
	Phyllonorycter cretata; (Kumata, 1957)
Synonyms
	Lithocolletis cretata Kumata, 1957;

Phyllonorycter cretata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (Hokkaidō) and the Russian Far East.^[2]

The larvae feed on Quercus crispula, Quercus mongolica and Quercus serrata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a small, yellowish, tentiform mine, between two veins on the lower surface of the leaf.

References

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[1] Taxonomic studies on the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part I

[2] Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)

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