Genus Phyllonorycter Rank Species | ||
Phyllonorycter mongolicae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the islands of Hokkaidō, Honshū, Kyūshū and Shikoku in Japan.
The wingspan is 5.5–7 mm.
The larvae feed on Quercus crispula, Quercus mongolica and Quercus serrata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a ptychonomous blotch mine on the underside of the leaf.
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