Phyllonorycter tritorrhecta

Phyllonorycter tritorrhecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. tritorrhecta
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter tritorrhecta
(Meyrick, 1935)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis tritorrhecta Meyrick, 1935

Phyllonorycter tritorrhecta is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan (Honsyu).

The wingspan is 5-6 mm.

The larvae feed on Zelkova serrata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is ptychonomous and created on the upper surface of the leaves.

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