Phyllonorycter kisoensis
| Phyllonorycter kisoensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. kisoensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter kisoensis Kumata & Park, 1978[1] | |
Phyllonorycter kisoensis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan (Honshū) and the Russian Far East.[2]
The wingspan is 6.2–8 mm.
The larvae feed on Alnus hirsuta. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a tentiform blotch-mine on the underside of the leaf, usually situated on the space between the lateral veins or rarely along the leaf-margin. It is very large, and elliptical in outline. The lower epidermis of the mining part is constricted, with five to eight longitudinal wrinkles.