Phyllonorycter uchidai
| Phyllonorycter uchidai | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. uchidai |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter uchidai (Kumata, 1963)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter uchidai is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan (Hokkaido).
The wingspan is 6–7 mm.
The larvae feed on Sorbus alnifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is ptychonomous and located on the upper surface of the leaf.
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