Phyllonorycter tritorrhecta
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Species of moth
| Phyllonorycter tritorrhecta | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. tritorrhecta
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter tritorrhecta (Meyrick, 1935)[1]
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Phyllonorycter tritorrhecta is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Honshu island in Japan.
The wingspan is 5–6 mm.
The larvae feed on Zelkova serrata . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is ptychonomous and created on the upper surface of the leaves.
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