Dendrorycter marmaroides is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is primarily found in Hokkaidō island of Japan.[2]
Dendrorycter marmaroides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Infraorder: | Heteroneura |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Dendrorycter |
Species: | D. marmaroides |
Binomial name | |
Dendrorycter marmaroides Kumata, 1978[1] | |
The wingspan is 7-8.8 mm.
The larvae feed on Alnus hirsuta and Alnus japonica. They mine the stem of their host plant. The mine has the form of a long linear mine, just beneath the surface along the axis of the young stem or branch.
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