Calybites trimaculata
| Calybites trimaculata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Calybites |
| Species: | C. trimaculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Calybites trimaculata Kumata, 1982[1] | |
Calybites trimaculata is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan (Shikoku island and the Ryukyu Islands).[2]
The wingspan is 7-8.5 mm.
The larvae feed on Polygonum chinense. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The larva is a leaf miner in the early stage, and a leaf roller in the late stage. The mine occurs upon the lower side of the leaf and is very small and tentiformed. When nearly half-grown, the larva leaves the mine and migrates to the margin of the leaf, then cuts off the leaf along the margin into a narrow stripe, which it rolls up to form a cone on the lower side of the leaf. The cocoon is formed inside the cone. It is whitish and spindle-shaped.
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