Chrysocercops pectinata

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

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]

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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