Phyllonorycter himalayana
| Phyllonorycter himalayana | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. himalayana |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter himalayana Kumata, 1973[1] | |
Phyllonorycter himalayana is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Nepal.[2]
The wingspan is about 9 mm.
The larvae feed on Quercus semecarpifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a rather large, elliptical or circular, slightly tentiformed blotch occurring upon the upper surface of the leaf, usually situated on the space between the middle vein and the leaf-margin. The upper epidermis of the leaf on the mining part is whitish-brown, smeared with irregular, dark reddish-brown blotches or lines and with many minute, longitudinal ridges in the fully matured stage.
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