Phyllonorycter pulchra
Phyllonorycter pulchra is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Kyushu and Honshu in Japan and from Taiwan.[1]
| Phyllonorycter pulchra | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. pulchra |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter pulchra (Kumata, 1963)[1] | |
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The wingspan is 6.5–7.5 mm.[1]
The larvae feed as leaf miners on Rubus illecebrosus and Rubus palmatus var. coptophyllus.[1] The larva mines into the inter-parenchyma of the leaves.[1]
References
- Tosio Kumata (August 1963). "Taxonomic studies on the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera : Gracillariidae) Part 2" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. 26 (1): 1–48. hdl:2115/9698. ISSN 0020-1804. Wikidata Q110229260.
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