Chrysocercops lithocarpiella

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

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

The wingspan is 4.4-5.4 mm.

The larvae feed on Lithocarpus rassa. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an interparenchymal blotch.

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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