Phyllonorycter lyoniae

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Phyllonorycter lyoniae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. lyoniae
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter lyoniae
(Kumata, 1963)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis lyoniae Kumata, 1963

Phyllonorycter lyoniae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, described by Tosio Kumata in 1963. It is known from the islands of Shikoku, Kyushu and Honshu in Japan.[1]

The wingspan is 6.5–7 mm.[1]

The larvae feed as leaf miners on Lyonia ovalifolia var. elliptica.[1] The mine is ptychonomous and situated along the margin or rarely on the space between two veins of the lower surface of the leaf.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Tosio Kumata (August 1963). "Taxonomic studies on the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera : Gracillariidae) Part 2" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. 26 (1): 1–48. hdl:2115/9698. ISSN 0020-1804. Wikidata Q110229260.