Neolithocolletis hikomonticola

Neolithocolletis hikomonticola
Scientific 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 Gracillariidae family. It is known from Kyushu island in Japan.

The wingspan is about 5.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Pueraria lobata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is found on the lower surface of the leaf.

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