Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gracillariidae Scientific name Phyllonorycter fagifolia | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Phyllonorycter Rank Species | |
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Phyllonorycter fagifolia is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the islands of Hokkaidō and Kyūshū in Japan.
The wingspan is 5.5-6.5 mm.
The larvae feed on Fagus crenata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a ptychonomous blotch mine between two veins on the underside of the leaf.
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