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Phyllonorycter melacoronis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gracillariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Phyllonorycter

Scientific name
  
Phyllonorycter melacoronis

Phyllonorycter melacoronis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan (Kyushu), the Russian Far East and Korea.

The wingspan is 5-5.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Rhododendron species, including Rhododendron dauricum and Rhododendron mucronulatum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an elliptical blotch-mine, located on the underside of the leaf, arbitrarily on a space between the mid-vein and the leaf margin.

References

Phyllonorycter melacoronis Wikipedia