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Phyllonorycter dakekanbae

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Species of moth

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

Phyllonorycter dakekanbae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Hokkaidō island in Japan and the Russian Far East.

The wingspan is about 7.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Betula ermanii and Betula platyphylla var. japonica. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Taxonomic studies on the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part I
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Phyllonorycter dakekanbae


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