Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gracillariidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Phyllonorycter | |
Scientific name Phyllonorycter leucocorona | ||
Phyllonorycter leucocorona is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. 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. The mine has the form of a very small, tentiform mine between two veins on the underside of the leaf.
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