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Phyllonorycter dakekanbae

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Phyllonorycter dakekanbae
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P. dakekanbae
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter dakekanbae
(Kumata, 1963)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis dakekanbae Kumata, 1963

Phyllonorycter dakekanbae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Hokkaidō island in Japan and the Russian Far East.[2]

The wingspan is about 7.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Betula ermanii and Betula platyphylla var. japonica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a ptychonomous blotch mine on the upperside of the leaf.

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