Borboryctis euryae explained

Borboryctis euryae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū, Shikoku and Tusima).[1]

The wingspan is 6.9-.

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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.gracillariidae.net/species_by_code/BORBEURY Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  2. Guiguet A, Hamatani A, Amano T, Takeda S, Lopez-Vaamonde C, Giron D, Ohshima I . Inside the horn of plenty: Leaf-mining micromoth manipulates its host plant to obtain unending food provisioning . PLOS ONE . 13 . 12 . e0209485 . 2018-12-21 . 30576396 . 6303051 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0209485 . 2018PLoSO..1309485G . free .

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