Phyllonorycter juglandis
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Phyllonorycter juglandis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. juglandis |
Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter juglandis (Kumata, 1963)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter juglandis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan (Hokkaidō).[2]
The wingspan is 6.5–8 mm.
The larvae feed on Juglans ailanthifolia and Pterocarya rhoifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a ptychonomous leaf mine, situated between two veins or rarely along the margin of the lower surface of the leaves.
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