Hippuriphila babai (Chûjô, 1959)

Kato, Makoto & Imada, Yume, 2025, Diversity and host plant utilization of leaf-mining beetles of Chrysomeloidea (Coleoptera) in Japan, ZooKeys 1238, pp. 209-268 : 209-268

Hippuriphila babai (Chûjô, 1959)

Fig. 6 A – F

Host plant.

Equisetaceae : Equisetum arvense L. , E. fluviatile L.

Leaf mine.

Full-depth or internal linear mine on leaf-like branch and the green stem (Fig. 6 B – E ). The larva is cylindrical (Fig. 6 F ) and sometimes exits its mine and moves to the other shoot. Frass is thread-like, deposited in the mine.

Material examined.

• 2 adults, Mt. Teine , Sapporo, Hokkaidô, 9-X-1998 (as larva on Equisetum arvense ), emerged on 25-VII – 3-VIII-1998 (Fig. 6 A – C ) ; • 2 adults, Rebun Is. , Hokkaidô, 9-VII-1995 (as larva on E. arvense ), emerged on 25–27-VII-1995 ; • 5 adults, Bibi , Chitose, Hokkaidô, 30-VI-2023 (as larva on E. fluviatile ), emerged on 17–20-VII-2023 .

Figures

Figure 6. Habitus of adults, leaf mine, and larva of Hippuriphila babai on Equisetum arvense A habitus of adults B, C leaf-mine at Mt. Teine D – F larva at Yubari, Hokkaido.