Phyllonorycter kumatai

Species of moth

Phyllonorycter kumatai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. kumatai
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter kumatai
De Prins & De Prins, 2005[1]
Synonyms
  • Phyllonorycter pruni Kumata, 1973

Phyllonorycter kumatai is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Nepal.[2]

The wingspan is 6-6.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Prunus cerasoides. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ On the genus Phyllonorycter or Lithocolletis from Central Nepal, with descriptions of twelve new species - notes on Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) of Nepal, I
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Phyllonorycter kumatai


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