Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding Author Kirichenko, Natalia Author Triberti, Paolo Author Akulov, Evgeniy Author Ponomarenko, Margarita Author Gorokhova, Svetlana Author Sheiko, Viktor Author Ohshima, Issei Author Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos text Zootaxa 2019 2019-08-07 4652 1 1 55 journal article 26071 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.1 6a9d1e6c-413c-4d86-a0ed-25794f202b06 1175-5326 3363475 6A7D6858-A43D-4FD5-8B76-FE3C1EB8DAB3 Chrysaster hagicola Kumata, 1961 ( Figs 14 D–E) Material examined. Russia : PK , Gornotaezhnoe , forest around MTS, 43.68N , 132.17E , 224 m alt., Lespedeza bicolor , 3.VII.2016 , 1 larva, NK551 , MK 403724 , deposited in INRA. Leaf mine. The mine is a whitish flat blotch, with a short preceding tunnel that starts nearby the main vein on the upper side of the leaf ( Fig. 14D ). The frass is attached to the epidermis and the bottom of the mine, making the central part of the mine darker. The larva uses this area as a shelter hiding itself especially when disturbed ( Fig. 14E ). It vacates the mine through a semicircular slip in the upper epidermis and pupates in an oval cocoon at the leaf margin. Trophic specialization. Oligophagous on Fabaceae : Lespedeza bicolor , L. cyrtobotrya , Robinia pseudoacacia ( De Prins & De Prins 2018 ) . Distribution. Russia : RFE—PK ( Kumata 1963 ; Baryshnikova 2008 ); Japan ( Kumata 1961 ), Korea ( Kumata et al. 1983 ), China ( Liu et al. 2015 ).