Phyllonorycter styracis
Phyllonorycter styracis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. styracis |
Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter styracis (Kumata, 1963)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter styracis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Kyūshū, Japan.[2]
The wingspan is 7–8 mm.
The larvae feed on Styrax japonicus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a ptychonomous mine on the upperside of the leaf.
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