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Phyllonorycter ostryae

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

Phyllonorycter ostryae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Hokkaidō island of Japan.[2]

The wingspan is 5.5-6.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Ostrya japonica. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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