Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding Author Kirichenko, Natalia Author Triberti, Paolo Author Akulov, Evgeniy Author Ponomarenko, Margarita Author Gorokhova, Svetlana Author Sheiko, Viktor Author Ohshima, Issei Author Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos text Zootaxa 2019 2019-08-07 4652 1 1 55 journal article 26071 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.1 6a9d1e6c-413c-4d86-a0ed-25794f202b06 1175-5326 3363475 6A7D6858-A43D-4FD5-8B76-FE3C1EB8DAB3 Phyllonorycter nigristella ( Kumata, 1957 ) ( Fig. 12F ) Material examined. Russia : PK , Gornotaezhnoe , MTS, 43.69N , 132.15E , 152 m alt., Quercus dentata , 22.VII.2016 , 1 male (reared from leaf mine), NK528 , MK 403687 , deposited in INRA. Leaf mine. The mine is whitish blotch between secondary veins on the lower side of the leaf ( Fig. 12F ). No preceding epidermal tunnel. In the later stage, the mine is significantly contracted ( Fig. 12F ). Pupation in the mine. Trophic specialization. Monophagous on Quercus : Q. dentate , Q. mongolica , Q. serrata (Fagaceae) ( De Prins & De Prins 2018 ). Distribution. Russia : RFE—KK, PK ( Ermolaev 1981b ; Baryshnikova 2008 , 2016); Japan ( Kumata 1957 ).