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Calybites trimaculata

Wikipedia Abstract

Calybites trimaculata is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan (Shikoku island and the Ryukyu Islands). 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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Prey / Diet

Persicaria chinensis (Chinese knotweed)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0