Phyllonorycter tenebriosa

Phyllonorycter tenebriosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. tenebriosa
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter tenebriosa
(Kumata, 1967)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis tenebriosa Kumata, 1967

Phyllonorycter tenebriosa is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan (Honshū).[2]

The wingspan is 6-6.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Corylus heterophylla. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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