Phyllonorycter nipponicella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Honshū island of Japan, and from Korea and the Russian Far East.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. nipponicella
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| Phyllonorycter nipponicella (Kumata, 1963)[1]
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The wingspan is 7-8.5 mm.
The larvae feed on Quercus acutissima and Quercus variabilis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
edit- ^ Kumata, Tosio (April 1963). "Taxonomic studies on the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part I" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. 25 (2): 53–90. hdl:2115/9688.
- ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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