Phyllonorycter longispinata

Phyllonorycter longispinata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Hokkaidō and Honshū in Japan.[2]

Phyllonorycter longispinata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. longispinata
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter longispinata
(Kumata, 1958)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis longispinata Kumata, 1958

The larvae feed on Alnus hirsuta and Alnus japonica. 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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