Phyllonorycter jozanae

Phyllonorycter jozanae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. jozanae
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter jozanae
(Kumata, 1967)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis jozanae Kumata, 1967
  • Phyllonorycter pinnatifidella (Kuznetzov, 1979)

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

The wingspan is 6–7 mm.

The larvae feed on Crataegus species, including Crataegus chlorosarca, Crataegus jozana, Crataegus maximowiczii and Crataegus pinnatifida. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ New or little-known species of the genus Lithocolletis occurring in Japan (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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