Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gracillariidae Scientific name Phyllonorycter viciae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Phyllonorycter Rank Species | |
Phyllonorycter viciae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Hokkaido island in Japan and from the Russian Far East.
The wingspan is 6–7 mm.
The larvae feed on Vicia japonica, Vicia baicalensis, Vicia cracca, Vicia subrotundata, Lathyrus davidii, Lathyrus komarovii and Lathyrus japonicus maritimus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is ptychonomous and occupies the whole lower surface of a single leaf which is folded longitudinally.
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