| Phyllonorycter melacoronis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. melacoronis |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter melacoronis (Kumata, 1963)[1] |
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Phyllonorycter melacoronis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan (Kyusyu), the Russian Far East and Korea.
The wingspan is 5-5.5 mm.
The larvae feed on Rhododendron species, including Rhododendron dauricum and Rhododendron mucronulatum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an elliptical blotch-mine, located on the underside of the leaf, arbitrarily on a space between the mid vein and the leaf margin.