Phyllonorycter pygmaea

Phyllonorycter pygmaea is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (the islands of Hokkaidō, Kyūshū, Shikoku and Honshū), Korea and the Russian Far East.^[2]

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

The wingspan is 5-5.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Castanea crenata, Quercus acutissima, Quercus crispula, Quercus mongolica and Quercus serrata. They mine the leaves of their host plant.