Phyllonorycter jezoniella

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Phyllonorycter jezoniella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. jezoniella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter jezoniella
(Matsumura, 1931)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis jezoniella Matsumura, 1931

Phyllonorycter jezoniella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan (Hokkaido and Honsyu) and the Russian Far East.

The larvae feed on Acer mono. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is ptychonomous and is situated in the centre of the lower surface of the leaf.

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