Phyllonorycter pygmaea

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

Phyllonorycter pygmaea is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (the islands of Hokkaidō, Kyūshū, Shikoku and Honshū), Korea and the Russian Far East.[2]

The wingspan is 5-5.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Castanea crenata, Quercus acutissima, Quercus crispula, Quercus mongolica and Quercus serrata. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Taxonomic studies on the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part I
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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