Phyllonorycter viciae
| Phyllonorycter viciae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. viciae |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter viciae (Kumata, 1963)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter viciae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan (Hokkaido) and the Russian Far East.
The wingspan is 6–7 mm.
The larvae feed on Vicia japonica, Vicia baicalensis, Vicia cracca, Vicia subrotundata, Lathyrus davidii, Lathyrus komarovii and Lathyrus japonicus maritimus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is ptychonomous and occupies the whole lower surface of a single leaf, which folded longitudinally.