Chrysoesthia boseae

Chrysoesthia boseae is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found on the Canary Islands.

Chrysoesthia boseae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Chrysoesthia
Species:
C. boseae
Binomial name
Chrysoesthia boseae
(Walsingham, 1908)[1]
Synonyms
  • Chrysopora boseae Walsingham, 1908
  • Microsetia boseae
  • Chrysoesthia bosae

The wingspan is 7–8 mm. The forewings are black with a bright golden fascia. The hindwings are grey.[2]

The larvae feed on Bosea yervamora. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a strongly contorted corridor which is almost completely filled with frass. Later, the mine widens into a full-depth blotch.[3]

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. lepiforum.de
  3. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
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