Phyllonorycter lyoniae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, described by Tosio Kumata in 1963. It is known from the islands of Shikoku, Kyushu and Honshu in Japan.[1]

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Phyllonorycter lyoniae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. lyoniae
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter lyoniae (Kumata, 1963)[1]
Synonyms
Lithocolletis lyoniae Kumata, 1963

The wingspan is 6.5–7 mm.[1]

The larvae feed as leaf miners on Lyonia ovalifolia var. elliptica.[1] The mine is ptychonomous and situated along the margin or rarely on the space between two veins of the lower surface of the leaf.[1]

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