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Phyllonorycter viburni

Wikipedia Abstract

Phyllonorycter viburni is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the islands of Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu in Japan. The wingspan is 6.5-8.5 mm. The larvae feed on Viburnum dilatatum, Viburnum erosum and Viburnum wrightii. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is ptychonomous and located in the space between two veins of the lower surface of the leaf.
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Prey / Diet

Viburnum dilatatum (linden arrowwood)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Eulecanium kuwanai1
Phenacoccus viburnae1
Pinnaspis hikosana1

External References

Citations

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