''Borboryctis'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

s in the family

Gracillariidae Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, ''Camerar ...

Etymology

The genus name is derived from the Greek ''borbos'' (meaning fleshy, swollen) and ''oryctis'' (digger, miner).Japanese Species Of The Acrocercops-Group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part II
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Species

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Borboryctis euryae ''Borboryctis euryae'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū, Shikoku and Tusima). The wingspan is . The larvae feed on ''Eurya emarginata'' and ''Eurya japonica''. They leaf miner, mine the leaves of ...

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Borboryctis triplaca ''Borboryctis triplaca'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is native to Japan (Honshū) and India (Meghalaya). The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingti ...

'' (Meyrick, 1908)

References

External links

Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Acrocercopinae Gracillarioidea genera {{Acrocercopinae-stub