Biology:Phyllonorycter hikosana

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Short description: Species of moth

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

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

This species is represented by the aestival (summer) and autumnal forms, which are distinctive in colour.

The larvae feed on Carpinus tschonoskii. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a ptychonomous blotch mine on the underside of the leaf.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7189037 entry