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Phyllonorycter pygmaea

Wikipedia Abstract

Phyllonorycter pygmaea is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan (the islands of Hokkaidō, Kyūshū, Shikoku and Honshū), Korea and the Russian Far East. The wingspan is 5-5.5 mm. The larvae feed on Castanea crenata, Quercus acutissima, Quercus crispula, Quercus mongolica and Quercus serrata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a ptychonomous blotch mine on the underside of the leaf.
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Prey / Diet

Castanea crenata (Japanese chestnut)[1]
Quercus acutissima (Sawthorn Oak)[1]
Quercus mongolica (Mongolian 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