Platypria melli Uhmann, 1955

Fig. 19 Q – W

Host plant.

Rhamnaceae: Hovenia dulcis Thunb.

Leaf mine.

Full-depth blotch mine on the mature leaf (Fig. 19 V). Frass is granular deposited in the mine. The larva sometimes relocates its mine. The fully grown larva pupates in the mine, sometimes in a mine newly constructed for pupation (Fig. 19 W).

Material examined.

• 1 adult, Kin, Kamitsushima Is., Tsushima, Nagasaki Pref., 3-VII-2015 (as larva on Hovenia dulcis collected by T. Kato), emerged on 9–16-VIII-2015 (Fig. 19 Q – W) .