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Eucalybites aureola

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gracillariidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Eucalybites

Eucalybites aureola is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Hokkaidō island of Japan and the Kuril Islands.

The wingspan is 8-10.2 mm.

The larvae feed on Hypericum erectum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The larva is a leaf miner in early instars, and a leaf-roller in later instars. The mine is of a small tentiform type and is found on the lower side of the leaf. The leaf roll is cone-shaped and rolled up downward from the tip of the leaf. When the larva makes the cone, it does not cut off the leaf into a narrow stripe. The cocoon is situated on the lower surface of the leaf, usually on the mid rib near the tip. It is boat shaped.

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Eucalybites aureola Wikipedia