Phyllonorycter mongolicae
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| Species: | P. mongolicae
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| Phyllonorycter mongolicae (Kumata, 1963)[1]
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Phyllonorycter mongolicae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Hokkaidō, Honshū, Kyūshū and Shikoku in Japan.[2]
The wingspan is 5.5–7 mm.
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 ptychonomous blotch mine on the underside of the leaf.
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