| Borboryctis euryae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Borboryctis |
| Species: | B. euryae |
| Binomial name | |
| Borboryctis euryae Kumata & Kuroko, 1988 | |
Borboryctis euryae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū, Shikoku and Tusima).
The wingspan is 6.9–8.1 millimetres (0.27–0.32 in).
The larvae feed on Eurya emarginata and Eurya japonica. They mine the leaves of their host plant and induce a gall in their mine at fourth instar.
References
- Japanese Species Of The Acrocercops-Group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part II
- ^ Guiguet A, Hamatani A, Amano T, Takeda S, Lopez-Vaamonde C, Giron D, Ohshima I (2018-12-21). "Inside the horn of plenty: Leaf-mining micromoth manipulates its host plant to obtain unending food provisioning". PLOS ONE. 13 (12): e0209485. Bibcode:2018PLoSO..1309485G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0209485. PMC 6303051. PMID 30576396.
- Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Borboryctis euryae | |
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