Chrysoesthia boseae

Chrysoesthia boseae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Chrysoesthia
Species:	C. boseae
Binomial name
	Chrysoesthia boseae; (Walsingham, 1908)[1]
Synonyms
	Chrysopora boseae Walsingham, 1908; Microsetia boseae; Chrysoesthia bosae;

Chrysoesthia boseae is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found on the Canary Islands.

The wingspan is 7–8 mm. The forewings are black with a bright golden fascia. The hindwings are grey.[2]

The larvae feed on Bosea yervamora. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a strongly contorted corridor which is almost completely filled with frass. Later, the mine widens into a full-depth blotch.[3]

References

Fauna Europaea
lepiforum.de
"bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-06-14.

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] rum.de

[3] "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-06-14.