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Phyllonorycter viciae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It can be found on Hokkaido island in Japan and in the Russian Far East.[1]

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

The wingspan is 6–7 mm.[1]

The larvae feed as leaf miners on Vicia japonica, Vicia baicalensis, Vicia cracca, Vicia subrotundata, Lathyrus davidii, Lathyrus komarovii and Lathyrus japonicus maritimus.[1] The mine is ptychonomous and occupies the whole lower surface of a single leaf which is folded longitudinally.[1]

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