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Lime leafminer

Phyllonorycter issikii (Kumata, 1963)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The lime leafminer (Phyllonorycter issikii) is a species in the family Gracillariidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the lime leafminer

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the lime leafminer live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the lime leafminer as introduced in 8 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Russiainvasive
  2. Austria
  3. Croatia
  4. Czechia
  5. Denmark
  6. Poland
  7. Romania
  8. Slovenia

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the lime leafminer endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the lime leafminer classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGracillariidae
  6. genusPhyllonorycter
  7. SpeciesPhyllonorycter issikii (Kumata, 1963)

Synonyms Lithocolletis issikii

Other names and names in other languages (14)
  • klíněnka lipováCzech
  • LindenminiermotteGerman
  • niinimiinakoiFinnish
  • hárslevél-sátorosmolyHungarian
  • イッシキキンモンホソガJapanese
  • 자작나무가는나방Korean
  • Liepinė keršoji kandelėLithuanian
  • LindevouwmotDutch
  • Szrotówek lipowiaczekPolish
  • Липовая моль-пестрянкаRussian
  • ploskáčik IssikihoSlovak
  • lindguldmalSwedish
  • ホソスジキンモンホソガJapanese
  • LindenvouwmijnmotjeDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the lime leafminer

Other species in the same genus Phyllonorycter.

Hawthorn midget

Phyllonorycter corylifoliella

GracillariidaeNo free photo yet

London midget

Phyllonorycter platani

GracillariidaeNo free photo yet

Garden midget

Phyllonorycter messaniella

GracillariidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the lime leafminer an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the lime leafminer as invasive in 1 country: Russia. It lists it as introduced in 8 in all.

What kind of animal is the lime leafminer?

The lime leafminer (Phyllonorycter issikii) belongs to the family Gracillariidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Lime leafminer (Phyllonorycter issikii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/lime-leafminer

MLA

“Lime leafminer (Phyllonorycter issikii).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/lime-leafminer.

BibTeX
@misc{lime_leafminer_2026,
  title = {Lime leafminer (Phyllonorycter issikii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/lime-leafminer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}