Phyllonorycter matsudai

Phyllonorycter matsudai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. matsudai
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter matsudai
Kumata, 1986

Phyllonorycter matsudai is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan (Hokkaidō and Honshū) and the Russian Far East.[1]

The larvae feed on Quercus crispula and Quercus mongolica. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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