Phyllonorycter matsudai

Phyllonorycter matsudai is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Hokkaidō and Honshū in Japan and from the Russian Far East.[1]

Phyllonorycter matsudai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. matsudai
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter matsudai
Kumata, 1986

The larvae feed on Quercus crispula and Quercus mongolica. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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