Chrysocercops pectinata

Chrysocercops pectinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Chrysocercops
Species: C. pectinata
Binomial name
Chrysocercops pectinata
Kumata, 1992[1]

Chrysocercops pectinata is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Kelantan and Pahang, Malaysia.[2]

The wingspan is about 4.9 mm.

The larvae feed on Dipterocarpus grandifolius and Dipterocarpus tuberculatus. 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)
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