Phyllonorycter nipponicella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Honshū island of Japan, and from Korea and the Russian Far East. The wingspan is 7-8.5 mm. The larvae feed on Quercus acutissima and Quercus variabilis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a ptychonomous blotch mine on the underside of the leaf.