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Gracillaria japonica

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Gracillaria japonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Gracillaria
Species:
G. japonica
Binomial name
Gracillaria japonica
Kumata, 1982[1]

Gracillaria japonica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the island of Honshu, the main island of Japan.[2]

The wingspan is 9.8–13 mm.

The larvae feed on Ligustrum obtusifolium and Ligustrum tschonoskii. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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