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Phyllonorycter fagifolia

Wikipedia Abstract

Phyllonorycter fagifolia is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the islands of Hokkaidō and Kyūshū in Japan. The wingspan is 5.5-6.5 mm. The larvae feed on Fagus crenata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a ptychonomous blotch mine between two veins on the underside of the leaf.
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Prey / Diet

Fagus crenata (Japanese Beech)[1]

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♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0