Syringa reticulata North America. Syringa reticulata Syringa reticulata (Japanese tree lilac; ; ) is a species of Lilac, native to eastern Asia: in northern Japan (mainly Hokkaidō), northern China (Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan), Korea, and far southeastern Russia (Primorye). "Syringa reticulata" is a deciduous small tree growing to a height of 39' (12 m), rarely to 49' (15 m), with a trunk up to 11.8" (30 cm), rarely 15.7" (40 cm) diameter; it is the largest species of lilac, and the only one that regularly makes a small tree rather than a shrub. The
Gracillaria arsenievi lower side. The cocoon is situated on the edge of a living leaf around the leaf roll. It is whitish and boat-shaped. The species probably hibernates in the adult stage. Gracillaria arsenievi Gracillaria arsenievi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the island of Hokkaidō in Japan and the Russian Far East. The wingspan is 10-13.2 mm. The larvae feed on "Fraxinus americana", "Fraxinus chinensis", "Fraxinus mandshurica", "Fraxinus pennsylvanica", "Syringa amurensis", "Syringa reticulata" and "Syringa vulgaris". They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as upper epidermal and tortuous-linear, and later becomes a