Phyllonorycter pulchra

Phyllonorycter pulchra
Scientific classification Edit this 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]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis pulchra Kumata, 1963

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]

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

  1. ^ a b c d e 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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