The wingspan is 4.7–5.5 mm for males and 4.7–5.8 mm for females. Half of the forewings is dark fuscous with bluish and purplish reflections, beyond this, they are dark fuscous with bronzy reflections. There is a shining pale golden fascia at 2/3. The apex of the wing has purplish reflections at the base of the cilia. The hindwings are grey.[1]
The larvae feed on Lophostemon confertus and Lophostemon suaveolens. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a very long narrow gallery with black linear frass, leaving narrow clear margins. It broadens rather abruptly into an irregular wide gallery or elongate blotch, sometimes with gallery parts, with a central line of black frass or (in the case of the blotch) frass concentrated on one or both sides. The exit-hole is located on the underside and has the form of an almost circular hole. Pupation takes place in a dark reddish brown cocoon.
Etymologyedit
The species is named after the Minotaur and refers to the extraordinarily expanded and flattened male antennae, which are likened to the Minotaur's horns.
Galleryedit
Cocoon
Male pupa, dorsal view
Male pupa, ventral view
Mine
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^Phylogeny and host-plant relationships of the Australian Myrtaceae leafmining moth genus Pectinivalva (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae), with new subgenera and species
pectinivalva, minotaurus, moth, family, nepticulidae, found, southern, queensland, female, male, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animalia, phylum, arthropoda, class, insecta, order, lepidoptera, family, nepticulidae, genus, pectinivalva. Pectinivalva minotaurus is a moth of the family Nepticulidae It is found in southern Queensland Pectinivalva minotaurus Female Male Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Lepidoptera Family Nepticulidae Genus Pectinivalva Species P minotaurus Binomial name Pectinivalva minotaurusHoare 2013 The wingspan is 4 7 5 5 mm for males and 4 7 5 8 mm for females Half of the forewings is dark fuscous with bluish and purplish reflections beyond this they are dark fuscous with bronzy reflections There is a shining pale golden fascia at 2 3 The apex of the wing has purplish reflections at the base of the cilia The hindwings are grey 1 The larvae feed on Lophostemon confertus and Lophostemon suaveolens They mine the leaves of their host plant The mine starts as a very long narrow gallery with black linear frass leaving narrow clear margins It broadens rather abruptly into an irregular wide gallery or elongate blotch sometimes with gallery parts with a central line of black frass or in the case of the blotch frass concentrated on one or both sides The exit hole is located on the underside and has the form of an almost circular hole Pupation takes place in a dark reddish brown cocoon Etymology editThe species is named after the Minotaur and refers to the extraordinarily expanded and flattened male antennae which are likened to the Minotaur s horns Gallery edit nbsp Cocoon nbsp Male pupa dorsal view nbsp Male pupa ventral view nbsp MineReferences edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pectinivalva minotaurus nbsp Wikispecies has information related to Pectinivalva minotaurus Phylogeny and host plant relationships of the Australian Myrtaceae leafmining moth genus Pectinivalva Lepidoptera Nepticulidae with new subgenera and species nbsp This article on a moth of the family Nepticulidae is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pectinivalva minotaurus amp oldid 1187982029, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
