| Phyllonorycter acutissimae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. acutissimae |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter acutissimae (Kumata, 1963)[1] |
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Phyllonorycter acutissimae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan (Hokkaidō, Honshū, Kyūshū, Shikoku) and Korea.[2]
The larvae feed on Castanea crenata, Quercus acutissima, Quercus aliena, Quercus crispula, Quercus mongolica, Quercus serrata and Quercus variabilis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a ptychonomous leaf mine on the lower surface of the leaves.