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Paraclemensia caerulea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Incurvariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Paraclemensia

Paraclemensia caerulea is a moth of the Incurvariidae family. It is found on the islands of Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu in Japan.

The wingspan is 9–12.5 mm for males and 9.5–12 mm for females. The forewings are reddish bronze.

The larvae feed on Rhododendron reticulatum. They skeletonise the leaves of their host plant, including the edge of their own case. They create an irregular subrectangular case. The species overwinters as a larva on the ground.

References

Paraclemensia caerulea Wikipedia