Hyloconis puerariae

Hyloconis puerariae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Hyloconis
Species:	H. puerariae
Binomial name
	Hyloconis puerariae; Kumata, 1963

Hyloconis puerariae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the island of Hokkaido in Japan and the Russian Far East.^[1]

The wingspan is 5.5-6.5 mm.^[1]

The larvae feed as leaf miners on Pueraria lobata, Lespedeza bicolor, Amphicarpaea bracteata and var. japonica.^[1] The mine is orthogenous, entirely flat and found on the lower surface of the leaf.^[1] The cocoon is orbicular in form, white and spun in the centre of the mine-cavity.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Tosio Kumata (August 1963). "Taxonomic studies on the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera : Gracillariidae) Part 2" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. 26 (1): 1–48. ISSN 0020-1804. Wikidata Q110229260.

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[Kumata63-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Tosio Kumata (August 1963). "Taxonomic studies on the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera : Gracillariidae) Part 2" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. 26 (1): 1–48. ISSN 0020-1804. Wikidata Q110229260.

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