Phyllonorycter pygmaea

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]

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

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. 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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