Paraclemensia caerulea

Paraclemensia caerulea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Incurvariidae
Genus:	Paraclemensia
Species:	P. caerulea
Binomial name
	Paraclemensia caerulea; (Issiki, 1957)
Synonyms
	Tschabia caerulea Issiki, 1957;

Paraclemensia caerulea is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It is found on the islands of Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu in Japan.^[1]

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 . 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[]

^ Distributional records and biological notes on Japanese species of the family Incurvariidae (Lepidoptera)

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[1] Distributional records and biological notes on Japanese species of the family Incurvariidae (Lepidoptera)

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