Borboryctis euryae

Borboryctis euryae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū, Shikoku and Tusima).[3]

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]

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]

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