Phyllonorycter bifurcata
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Species of moth
| Phyllonorycter bifurcata | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. bifurcata
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter bifurcata (Kumata, 1967)[1]
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Phyllonorycter bifurcata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Kyūshū, Shikoku and Tusima in Japan.[2]
The wingspan is about 5.5 mm.
The larvae feed on Celtis jessoensis and Celtis sinensis . They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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