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Phyllonorycter bifurcata

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Phyllonorycter bifurcata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. bifurcata
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter bifurcata
(Kumata, 1967)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis bifurcata Kumata, 1967

Phyllonorycter bifurcata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Kyūshū, Shikoku and Tusima in Japan.[2]

The wingspan is about 5.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Celtis jessoensis and Celtis sinensis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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