Phyllonorycter fagifolia
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Phyllonorycter fagifolia (Kumata, 1963)[1]
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Phyllonorycter fagifolia is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. 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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