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Phyllonorycter aino

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Species of moth

Phyllonorycter aino
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. aino
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter aino
(Kumata, 1963)
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis aino Kumata, 1963

Phyllonorycter aino is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the island of Hokkaido in Japan and Korea.

The wingspan is 5.5–6 mm.

The larvae feed as leaf miners on Spiraea salicifolia. The mine is ptychonomous and located on the lower surface of the leaf.

References

  1. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Phyllonorycter aino


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