Phyllonorycter pulchra
| Phyllonorycter pulchra | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. pulchra |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter pulchra (Kumata, 1963)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter pulchra is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the islands of Kyushu and Honshu in Japan and from Taiwan.
The wingspan is 6.5–7.5 mm.
The larvae feed on Rubus illecebrosus and Rubus palmatus var. coptophyllus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The larva mines into the inter-parenchyma of the leaves.
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