Phyllonorycter hancola is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Hokkaidō and Honshū in Japan and from the Russian Far East.[2]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. hancola
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Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter hancola (Kumata, 1958)[1]
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The larvae feed on Alnus hirsuta and Alnus japonica. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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