Zeugophora flavonotata (Chûjô, 1935)

Zeugophora flavonotata (Chûjô, 1935) View in CoL

Fig. 2 J – M View Figure 2

Host plant.

Celastraceae : Euonymus carnosus Maxim. , E. japonicus Thunb.

Leaf mine.

Full-depth linear mine on the newly-opened leaf (Fig. 2 K – M View Figure 2 ). The egg is laid near the leaf margin and the hatched larva mines along the leaf margin, slowly expanding the mine. Frass is thread-like, deposited somewhat to one side of the center. The fully grown larva exits the mined leaf, falls to the ground, and pupates underground.

Material examined.

• 2 adults, Yutsun , Iriomote Is., Yaeyama, Okinawa Pref., 24-III-2022 (as larva on Euonymus carnosus ), emerged on 16–18-IV-2022 (Fig. 2 J – L View Figure 2 ) ; 3 adults, Todomari , Iriomote Is., Yaeyama, Okinawa Pref., 27-III-2018 (as larva on E. carnosus ), emerged on 16–18-IV-2018 ; 14 adults, Hoshidate , Iriomote Is., Yaeyama, Okinawa Pref., 6-III-2019 (as larva on E. japonicus ), emerged on 3–6-IV-2019 (Fig. 2 M View Figure 2 ) .