Phyllonorycter rostrispinosa

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

Phyllonorycter rostrispinosa is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the islands of Kyūshū and Honshū in Japan.[2]

The wingspan is about 5.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus serrata, Quercus acutissima and Quercus variabilis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a ptychonomous leaf mine, situated between two veins on the underside of the leaf.

References

  1. ↑ New or little-known species of the genus Lithocolletis occurring in Japan (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
  2. ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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