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Phyllonorycter fagifolia

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

Phyllonorycter fagifolia is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Hokkaidō and Kyūshū in Japan.[2]

The wingspan is 5.5-6.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Fagus crenata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a ptychonomous blotch mine between two veins on the underside of the leaf.

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