''Phyllonorycter pseudolautella'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

of the family

Gracillariidae Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, ''Cameraria ...

. It is known from the islands of

Hokkaidō is the second-largest island of Japan and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by railway via the Seikan Tunnel. The ...

and

Honshū , historically known as , is the largest of the four main islands of Japan. It lies between the Pacific Ocean (east) and the Sea of Japan (west). It is the seventh-largest island in the world, and the second-most populous after the Indonesian ...

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

and from the

Russian Far East The Russian Far East ( rus, Дальний Восток России, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a region in North Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asia, Asian continent, and is coextensive with the Far Easte ...

.Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
/ref> The

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is 6-7.5 mm. The

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e feed on ''

Quercus crispula ''Quercus crispula'', commonly known as mizunara from the Japanese, is a deciduous broad-leaved tree of the genus ''Quercus''. As ''Quercus mongolica'' var. ''crispula'', it is considered a variety of ''Quercus mongolica, Mongolian oak'' by some ...

'', ''

Quercus mongolica ''Quercus mongolica'', commonly known as Mongolian oak, is a species of oak native to Japan, China, Korea, Mongolia, and Siberia. The species can grow to be tall. The flavono-ellagitannins mongolicin A and B can be found in ''Quercus mongo ...

'' and ''

Quercus serrata ''Quercus serrata'', the jolcham oak (, Japanese: ), is an East Asian species of tree in the beech family. It is native to China, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea. Description ''Quercus serrata'' is a deciduous oak tree reaching a height of occupying ...

''. They

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the leaves of their host plant.

References

pseudolautella Moths of Asia Moths described in 1963 {{Phyllonorycter-stub