Phyllonorycter nipponicella
| Phyllonorycter nipponicella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. nipponicella |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter nipponicella (Kumata, 1963)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter nipponicella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan (Honshū), Korea and the Russian Far East.[2]
The wingspan is 7-8.5 mm.
The larvae feed on Quercus acutissima and Quercus variabilis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a ptychonomous blotch mine on the underside of the leaf.