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Phyllonorycter hikosana

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Species of moth

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

Phyllonorycter hikosana is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Kyūshū island of Japan.

The larvae feed on Carpinus tschonoskii. 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 hikosana


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