Phyllonorycter hikosana

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

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

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


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