Phyllonorycter nigristella
| Phyllonorycter nigristella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. nigristella |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter nigristella (Kumata, 1957)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter nigristella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan (Hokkaidō, Honshū, Shikoku) and the Russian Far East.[2]
The larvae feed on Quercus dentata, Quercus mongolica and Quercus serrata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large, tentiform mine, between two veins on the underside of the leaf.