Phyllonorycter uchidai

Phyllonorycter uchidai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. uchidai
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter uchidai
(Kumata, 1963)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis uchidai Kumata, 1963
  • Phyllonorycter uchidae Kuznetzov, 1999

Phyllonorycter uchidai is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Hokkaido island of Japan.[1]

The wingspan is 6–7 mm.[1]

The larvae feed as leaf miners on Sorbus alnifolia.[1] The mine is ptychonomous and located on the upper 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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