Borboryctis euryae
Appearance
Borboryctis euryae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Borboryctis |
Species: | B. euryae
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Binomial name | |
Borboryctis euryae Kumata & Kuroko, 1988[1]
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Borboryctis euryae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū, Shikoku and Tusima).[3]
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
[edit]- ^ Japanese Species Of The Acrocercops-Group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part II
- ^ a b 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. Bibcode:2018PLoSO..1309485G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0209485. PMC 6303051. PMID 30576396.
- ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)