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Phyllonorycter leucocorona

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Species of moth

Phyllonorycter leucocorona
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. leucocorona
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter leucocorona
(Kumata, 1957)
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis leucocorona Kumata, 1957
  • Phyllonorycter leucocorna Kogi, 2005

Phyllonorycter leucocorona is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Hokkaidō, Honshū and Kyūshū in Japan.

The larvae feed on Quercus dentata and Quercus serrata. 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 leucocorona


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