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Phyllonorycter dakekanbae

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

Phyllonorycter dakekanbae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Hokkaidō island in Japan and the Russian Far East.[2]

The wingspan is about 7.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Betula ermanii and Betula platyphylla var. japonica. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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