Gracillaria ussuriella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Gracillaria |
Species: | G. ussuriella |
Binomial name | |
Gracillaria ussuriella (Ermolaev, 1977) | |
Synonyms | |
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Gracillaria ussuriella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Hokkaidō, Honshū and Kyūshū in Japan and the Russian Far East.
The wingspan is 9.8–12 mm.
The larvae feed on Fraxinus species, including Fraxinus americana, Fraxinus chinensis, Fraxinus mandshurica and Fraxinus pennsylvanica. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
- A taxonomic revision of the Gracillaria group occurring in Japan (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
- Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers | |
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Gracillaria ussuriella |
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