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Phyllonorycter nigristella

Wikipedia Abstract

Phyllonorycter nigristella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the islands of Hokkaidō, Honshū and Shikoku in Japan and from the Russian Far East. The larvae feed on Quercus dentata, Quercus mongolica and Quercus serrata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large, tentiform mine, between two veins on the underside of the leaf.
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Prey / Diet

Quercus cerris (Turkey Oak)[1]
Quercus dentata (Japanese Emperor Oak)[1]
Quercus serrata (Konara oak)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 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