Argopus clypeatus Baly, 1874

Fig. 10 E – H

Host plant.

Ranunculaceae: Clematis terniflora, C. apiifolia (Hayashi et al. 1984; Kimoto and Takizawa 1993).

Leaf mine.

Whitish full-depth blotch mine on mature leaf (Fig. 10 G, H). Frass is granular, deposited along the larval trajectory in the mine. The fully grown larva exits the mined leaf, falls to the ground, and pupates underground.

Material examined.

• 3 adults, Mine, Kami-tsusima Is., Nagasaki Pref., 19-VI-2016 (as larva on Clematis terniflora), emerged on 18–29-VIII-2016 (Fig. 10 E – G) ; • 6 adults, Uri-tôge, Mikkabi, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Pref., 22-IV-2013 (as larva on C. terniflora), emerged on 28-V – 7-VI-2013 (Fig. 10 H) ; • 5 adults, Nekata, Hamakita, Shizuoka Pref.