Phyllonorycter maculata

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

Phyllonorycter maculata is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the islands of Hokkaidō and Honshū in Japan.[2]

The wingspan is about 5.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Alnus hirsuta and Alnus matsumurae. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a ptychonomous leaf mine, occurring upon the lower surface of leaves.

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