Argopistes ryukyuensis Shigetoh & Suenaga, 2022

Kato, Makoto & Imada, Yume, 2025, Diversity and host plant utilization of leaf-mining beetles of Chrysomeloidea (Coleoptera) in Japan, ZooKeys 1238, pp. 209-268 : 209-268

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1238.124514

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:21876B72-3854-4C7D-83A5-B2CD9BB56FCD

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15442542

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C88F0506-6577-5F36-952D-6743E62AD719

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scientific name

Argopistes ryukyuensis Shigetoh & Suenaga, 2022
status

 

Argopistes ryukyuensis Shigetoh & Suenaga, 2022

Fig. 9 O – Q View Figure 9

Host plant.

Oleaceae : Ligustrum japonicum .

Leaf mine.

Full-depth wide linear mine on mature leaf in young instars and full-depth ophiogenous blotch mine in old instars (Fig. 9 O – Q View Figure 9 ). Frass is thread-like, deposited along the middle line of the mine in young instars, but in old instars along meandering larval trajectory, scattered throughout the mine. The fully grown larva exits the mined leaf, falls to the ground, and pupates underground.

Material examined.

Several leaf mines, Abu, Nago, Okinawa Is., Okinawa, Pref., 18-V-2017 (Fig. 9 O – Q View Figure 9 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

SuperFamily

Chrysomeloidea

Family

Chrysomelidae

SubFamily

Galerucinae

Genus

Argopistes