Phyllonorycter turugisana
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Species of moth
| Phyllonorycter turugisana | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. turugisana
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter turugisana (Kumata, 1963)[1]
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Phyllonorycter turugisana is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Shikoku, Kyushu and Hokkaido in Japan.[1]
The wingspan is about 7 mm.[1]
The larvae feed on Carpinus cordata , Carpinus laxiflora and Ostrya japonica . They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c Tosio Kumata (August 1963). "Taxonomic studies on the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera : Gracillariidae) Part 2" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. 26 (1): 1–48. hdl:2115/9698. ISSN 0020-1804. Wikidata Q110229260.
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