Phyllonorycter uchidai

Phyllonorycter uchidai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. uchidai
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter uchidai
(Kumata, 1963)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis uchidai Kumata, 1963
  • Phyllonorycter uchidae Kuznetzov, 1999

Phyllonorycter uchidai is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan (Hokkaido).

The wingspan is 6-7 mm.

The larvae feed on Sorbus alnifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is ptychonomous and located on the upper surface of the leaf.

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