Biological notes on the fern feeding micromoth, Cuprina porphyrantha(Meyrick, 1913) (Lepidoptera: Stathmopodidae), with a new hostplant, Dryopteris hondoensis from Japan

Abstract

Cuprina porphyrantha(Meyrick, 1913) (Stathmopodidae)was recorded from Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Japan by Terada(2016)under the junior synonym, “C. flaviscapella Sinev, 1988”. The biological data of the immature stages has hitherto been poorly known. Dryopteris hondoensis is newly recorded as the hostplant and biological notes on the immature stages of this species are given for the first time with photographs. Biological data are provided for two described species that also feed on D. hondoensis: Pachyrhabda aedificatrix Terada, 2016(Stathmopodidae), and Lecitholaxa thiodora(Meyrick, 1914) (Lecithoceridae).