Phyllonorycter persimilis

Phyllonorycter persimilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. persimilis
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter persimilis
Fujihara, Sato & Kumata, 2001
Synonyms
  • Phyllonorycter presimilis Kogi, 2005

Phyllonorycter persimilis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the islands of Honshū and Hokkaidō in Japan.[1]

The larvae feed on Quercus dentata. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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