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Borboryctis euryae

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Borboryctis euryae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

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

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  1. ^ Japanese Species Of The Acrocercops-Group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part II
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)