Notosacantha loochooana Chûjô, 1961

Fig. 21 A – F

Host plant.

Iteaceae: Itea oldhamii Schneider; Rubiaceae: Gardenia jasminoides Ellis.

Leaf mine.

The upper-layer linear-blotch, often radiate mine occurs on the mature leaf (Fig. 21 D, F). The mine often has blind ends and branches. The larva sometimes relocates its mine. Frass is granular, often discharged outside from slit made by the larva. The fully grown larva pupates in the mine, often in a mine newly constructed for pupation.

Material examined.

• 9 adults, Nagakumo-tôge, Amami-ôshima Is., Kagoshima Pref., 22-II-2015 (as larva on Gardenia jasminoides), emerged on 30-IV – 1-V-2015 (Fig. 21 A – D) ; 2 adults, Mt. Yui, Setouchi, Amami-ôshima Is., Kagoshima Pref., 19-III-1997 (as larva on Gardenia jasminoides), emerged on 1-V-1997 ; • 1 adult, Higashinakama, Sumiyo, Amami-ôshima, Kagoshima Pref., 21-II-2015 (as larva on Itea oldhamii), emerged on 4-V-2015 (Fig. 21 E, F) .