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Chrysocercops melastigmata

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Species of moth

Chrysocercops melastigmata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Chrysocercops
Species: C. melastigmata
Binomial name
Chrysocercops melastigmata
Kumata, 1992

Chrysocercops melastigmata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Pahang, Malaysia.

The wingspan is 4.7–5.7 mm.

The larvae feed on Hopea nutans. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Descriptions Of Thirteen New Species Of The Genus Chrysocercops Kumata Et Kuroko, 1988, From Malaysia And Nepal (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Chrysocercops melastigmata


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