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Phyllonorycter pterocaryae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gracillariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Phyllonorycter

Scientific name
  
Phyllonorycter pterocaryae

Phyllonorycter pterocaryae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the island of Hokkaidō in Japan and from the Russian Far East.

The wingspan is 5–6 mm.

The larvae feed on Juglans ailanthifolia, Juglans mandschurica, Juglans regia and Pterocarya rhoifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a ptychonomous leaf mine, situated between two veins of the upper surface of the leaf.

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Phyllonorycter pterocaryae Wikipedia