Phyllonorycter pterocaryae
Appearance
Phyllonorycter pterocaryae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. pterocaryae
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Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter pterocaryae (Kumata, 1963)[1]
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Phyllonorycter pterocaryae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the island of Hokkaidō in Japan from the Russian Far East.[2]
The wingspan is 5–6 mm.
The larvae feed on Juglans ailanthifolia, Juglans mandschurica, Juglans regia, and Pterocarya rhoifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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