Mantura fulvipes Jacoby, 1885

Fig. 5 J – L

Host plant.

Oxalidaceae: Oxalis corniculata L.

Leaf mine.

Full-depth linear mine on mature leaf (Fig. 5 L). The egg is laid along the leaf margin, and hatched larva mines along the leaf margin, gradually expanding the mine. Width of the mine is wider than that of larva. Frass is thread-like, deposited along middle line of the mine. The fully grown larva exits the mined leaf, falls to the ground, pupates underground.

Material examined.

• 19 adults, Tamanoura, Fukue Is. Goto, Nagasaki Pref. 9-X-1998 (as larva on Oxalis corniculata), emerged on 22–26-X-1998 (Fig. 5 J – L) .