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Phyllonorycter longispinata

Phyllonorycter longispinata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Hokkaidō and Honshū in Japan.

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Length
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Phyllonorycter longispinata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. longispinata
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter longispinata
(Kumata, 1958)1
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis longispinata Kumata, 1958

Phyllonorycter longispinata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Hokkaidō and Honshū in Japan.2

The larvae feed on Alnus hirsuta and Alnus japonica. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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