Phyllonorycter nigristella
Species of moth
| Phyllonorycter nigristella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. nigristella |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter nigristella (Kumata, 1957)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter nigristella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found on the islands of Hokkaidō, Honshū and Shikoku in Japan and in the Russian Far East.[2]
The larvae feed on Quercus dentata, Quercus mongolica and Quercus serrata. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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