Platypria melli Uhmann, 1955

Platypria melli Uhmann, 1955 View in CoL

Fig. 19 Q – W View Figure 19

Host plant.

Rhamnaceae : Hovenia dulcis Thunb.

Leaf mine.

Full-depth blotch mine on the mature leaf (Fig. 19 V View Figure 19 ). Frass is granular deposited in the mine. The larva sometimes relocates its mine. The fully grown larva pupates in the mine, sometimes in a mine newly constructed for pupation (Fig. 19 W View Figure 19 ).

Material examined.

• 1 adult, Kin , Kamitsushima Is., Tsushima, Nagasaki Pref., 3-VII-2015 (as larva on Hovenia dulcis collected by T. Kato), emerged on 9–16-VIII-2015 (Fig. 19 Q – W View Figure 19 ) .