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Phyllonorycter rostrispinosa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gracillariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Phyllonorycter

Scientific name
  
Phyllonorycter rostrispinosa

Phyllonorycter rostrispinosa is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the islands of Kyūshū and Honshū in Japan.

The wingspan is about 5.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus serrata, Quercus acutissima and Quercus variabilis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a ptychonomous leaf mine, situated between two veins on the underside of the leaf.

References

Phyllonorycter rostrispinosa Wikipedia