''Antispila orbiculella'' is a
moth of the family
Heliozelidae. It was described by Kuroko in 1961. It is found in
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
(Kyushu and Yakushima).
The
wingspan is 4-4.5 mm. The forewings are dark bronzy-fuscous with reddish reflections. The basal area is shining leaden-bronze. The markings are silvery-metallic with yellowish or bluish reflections. The hindwings are pale fuscous with feeble purplish lusters.
[, 1961: The genus ''Antispila'' from Japan, with descriptions of seven new species (Lepidoptera: Heliozelidae). ''Esakia'' 3: 11-24. ] Adults appear from mid June to the beginning of July. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on ''
Ampelopsis glandulosa
''Ampelopsis glandulosa'' is a species of plant native to China, Japan, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Vietnam, and the Philippines.
Varieties
Several varieties are distinguished:
* var. ''hancei''
* var. ''kulingensis''
* var. ''glandulosa''
* var ...
''. They
mine
Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to:
Extraction or digging
* Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging
*Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine
Grammar
*Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun
...
the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a full depth orthogenous blotch mine. It is pale greenish brown, although the central area is blackish brown. Usually, one mine is found on a single leaf, but sometimes two or three may be found. The mine usually extends between two ribs of the leaf. The
frass
Frass refers loosely to the more or less solid excreta of insects, and to certain other related matter.
Definition and etymology
''Frass'' is an informal term and accordingly it is variously used and variously defined. It is derived from the ...
is blackish brown and is deposited in grains in a circle around the central area, although some frass is smeared inside of the epidermis of the central area of the mine. Larvae can be found feeding from the end of August to September. Full-grown larvae create a case which is cut out from the central part of the mine and descend to the ground. They hibernate within this case. Pupation occurs at the end of May of the following year.
References
Moths described in 1961
Heliozelidae
Moths of Japan
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