FIGURE 4 in A new leaf-mining moth, Caloptilia aesculi, sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae: Gracillariinae) feeding on Aesculus chinensis Bunge (Hippocastanaceae) from China

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FIGURE 4. Biology of Caloptilia aesculi, sp. nov. A: Habitat and host plant Aesculus chinensis in Huameiguan. B: Mine of first instar larvae. C: Mine of third instar larvae. D: The same mine of C with transmitted light. E-F: The lateral margin (E) or the apical part (F) of a leaflet folded downward by later instar larva inside. G. Leaf shelter (stacking two leaflets) of later instars larva indicated by white row. H: Inside of the leaflet shelter as shown in G. I: Transparent cocoon along the midrib on the underside of leaflet. J: Larva spinning cocoon. Scale bar 1 cm, except 0.5 cm in J.Published as part of Liao, Chengqing, Ohshima, Issei & Huang, Guohua, 2019, A new leaf-mining moth, Caloptilia aesculi, sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae: Gracillariinae) feeding on Aesculus chinensis Bunge (Hippocastanaceae) from China, pp. 586-600 in Zootaxa 4586 (3) on page 592, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4586.3.13, http://zenodo.org/record/264717