Phyllonorycter acutissimae

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

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

The larvae feed on Castanea crenata, Quercus acutissima, Quercus aliena, Quercus crispula, Quercus mongolica, Quercus serrata and Quercus variabilis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a ptychonomous leaf mine on the lower surface of the leaves.

References

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


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