Gracillaria japonica

Gracillaria japonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Gracillaria
Species:
G. japonica
Binomial name
Gracillaria japonica
Kumata, 1982[1]

Gracillaria japonica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the island of Honshu, the main island of Japan.[2]

The wingspan is 9.8–13 mm.

The larvae feed on Ligustrum obtusifolium and Ligustrum tschonoskii. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ A taxonomic revision of the Gracillaria group occurring in Japan (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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