FIGURE 8 in Vallissiana universitaria (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae): a new genus and species of leaf-mining moth associated with Erythroxylum (Erythroxylaceae) in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil

FIGURE 8. Life history of V. universitaria: (A) host plant Erythroxylum argentinum at the type locality; (B) leaf mines; (C) egg on the adaxial surface; (D) leaf mine bearing a sap-feeding larva (viewed through transparent epidermis as indicated by arrow); dissected leaf mines showing (E) sap-feeding, (F) tissue-feeding larvae, and (G) pupa, dorsal; (H) pupal exuvium partially protruding from leaf-mine. Scale bars: (B) 10, (C) 0.1, (D) 5, (E) 0.5 (F–H) 1 mm.