Phyllonorycter takagii
| Phyllonorycter takagii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. takagii |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter takagii (Kumata, 1963)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter takagii is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan (Honshū) and the Russian Far East.[2]
The wingspan is 5.5–6 mm.
The larvae feed on Alnus japonica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a ptychonomous leaf mine, situated between two veins on the underside of the leaf.