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
- http://www.gracillariidae.net/species_by_code/BORBEURY Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
- 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 .