Phyllonorycter maculata
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Species: | P. maculata
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Phyllonorycter maculata (Kumata, 1963)[1]
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Phyllonorycter maculata is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the islands of Hokkaidō and Honshū in Japan.[2]
The wingspan is about 5.5 mm.
The larvae feed on Alnus hirsuta and Alnus matsumurae. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a ptychonomous leaf mine, occurring upon the lower surface of leaves.
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