Guttigera schefflerella

Guttigera schefflerella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Guttigera
Species:	G. schefflerella
Binomial name
Guttigera schefflerella Kobayashi, Huang & Hirowatari, 2013

Guttigera schefflerella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found in Japan (Kagoshima and Okinawa).^[1]

The wingspan is 6.1–8.1 mm. The forewings are white with ochreous oblique streaks with dark brown scales. The hindwings are white. There are multiple generations per year.

The larvae feed on Schefflera octophylla. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a broad, long serpentine mine. The frass is pale brown to blackish brown. Usually, there are one to two mines per foliole. Larvae emerge in early spring and autumn. Older larvae are pale yellow.

Etymology

The name is derived from Schefflera, the generic name of the host plant.

References

1. Four new species of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) from China and Japan, and description of the pupal morphology of the genera Corythoxestis, Eumetriochroa, Guttigera, and Metriochroa