Borboryctis euryae
Borboryctis euryae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū, Shikoku and Tusima).[3]
| Borboryctis euryae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Borboryctis |
| Species: | B. euryae |
| Binomial name | |
| Borboryctis euryae Kumata & Kuroko, 1988[1] | |
Life history of Borboryctis euryae.[2]
The wingspan is 6.9–8.1 millimetres (0.27–0.32 in).
The larvae feed on Eurya emarginata and Eurya japonica. They mine the leaves of their host plant and induce a gall in their mine at fourth instar.[2]
References
- Japanese Species Of The Acrocercops-Group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part II
- Guiguet A, Hamatani A, Amano T, Takeda S, Lopez-Vaamonde C, Giron D, Ohshima I (2018-12-21). "Inside the horn of plenty: Leaf-mining micromoth manipulates its host plant to obtain unending food provisioning". PLOS ONE. 13 (12): e0209485. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0209485. PMC 6303051. PMID 30576396.
- Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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