Phyllonorycter nigristella
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Species: | P. nigristella
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Phyllonorycter nigristella (Kumata, 1957)[1]
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Phyllonorycter nigristella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found on the islands of Hokkaidō, Honshū and Shikoku in Japan and in the Russian Far East.[2]
The larvae feed on Quercus dentata, Quercus mongolica and Quercus serrata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large, tentiform mine, between two veins on the underside of the leaf.
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