Hyloconis puerariae

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Hyloconis puerariae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Hyloconis
Species:
H. puerariae
Binomial name
Hyloconis puerariae
Kumata, 1963 [1]

Hyloconis puerariae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the island of Hokkaido in Japan and the Russian Far East. [1]

The wingspan is 5.5-6.5 mm. [1]

The larvae feed as leaf miners on Pueraria lobata , Lespedeza bicolor , Amphicarpaea bracteata and Amphicarpaea edgeworthii var. japonica. [1] The mine is orthogenous, entirely flat and found on the lower surface of the leaf. [1] The cocoon is orbicular in form, white and spun in the centre of the mine-cavity. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tosio Kumata (August 1963). "Taxonomic studies on the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera : Gracillariidae) Part 2" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. 26 (1): 1–48. hdl:2115/9698. ISSN   0020-1804. Wikidata   Q110229260.


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