Phyllonorycter ermani
| Phyllonorycter ermani | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. ermani |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter ermani (Kumata, 1963)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter ermani is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan (Hokkaidō) and the Russian Far East.[2]
The wingspan is 7-8.5 mm.
The larvae feed on Alnus maximowiczii and Betula ermanii. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a ptychonomous leaf mine on the space between two veins of the lower surface of the leaves.
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