Neolithocolletis hikomonticola

Neolithocolletis hikomonticola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Neolithocolletis
Species:
N. hikomonticola
Binomial name
Neolithocolletis hikomonticola
Kumata, 1963[1]

Neolithocolletis hikomonticola is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is the type species of the genus and is known from Kyushu island in Japan.[1]

The wingspan of adults is about 5.5 mm.[1]

The larvae feed as leaf miners on Pueraria lobata.[1] The mine is found on the lower surface of the leaf.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Tosio Kumata (August 1963). "Taxonomic studies on the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera : Gracillariidae) Part 2" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. 26 (1): 1–48. hdl:2115/9698. ISSN 0020-1804. Wikidata Q110229260.


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