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Phyllonorycter maculata

Wikipedia Abstract

Phyllonorycter maculata is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the islands of Hokkaidō and Honshū in Japan. The wingspan is about 5.5 mm. The larvae feed on Alnus hirsuta and Alnus matsumurae. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a ptychonomous leaf mine, occurring upon the lower surface of leaves.
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Prey / Diet

Alnus hirsuta (Siberian alder)[1]
Alnus matsumurae[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

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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