Zeugophora flavonotata

Zeugophora flavonotata (Chûjô, 1935) Fig. 2 J – M Host plant. Celastraceae: Euonymus carnosus Maxim., E. japonicus Thunb. Leaf mine. Full-depth linear mine on the newly-opened leaf (Fig. 2 K – M). The egg is laid near the leaf margin and the hatched larva mines along the leaf margin, slowly expanding the mine. Frass is thread-like, deposited somewhat to one side of the center. The fully grown larva exits the mined leaf, falls to the ground, and pupates underground. Material examined. • 2 adults, Yutsun, Iriomote Is., Yaeyama, Okinawa Pref., 24-III-2022 (as larva on Euonymus carnosus), emerged on 16–18-IV-2022 (Fig. 2 J – L); 3 adults, Todomari, Iriomote Is., Yaeyama, Okinawa Pref., 27-III-2018 (as larva on E. carnosus), emerged on 16–18-IV-2018; 14 adults, Hoshidate, Iriomote Is., Yaeyama, Okinawa Pref., 6-III-2019 (as larva on E. japonicus), emerged on 3–6-IV-2019 (Fig. 2 M).