Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gracillariidae Scientific name Phyllonorycter hancola | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Phyllonorycter Rank Species | |
Phyllonorycter hancola is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the islands of Hokkaidō and Honshū in Japan and from the Russian Far East.
The larvae feed on Alnus hirsuta and Alnus japonica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a ptychonomous leaf mine, occurring upon the lower surface of leaves.
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