Chrysocercops thapai
Chrysocercops thapai is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Malaysia and Nepal.[2]
| Chrysocercops thapai | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Chrysocercops |
| Species: | C. thapai |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysocercops thapai Kumata, 1992[1] | |
The wingspan is 5.7–7 mm.
The larvae feed on Shorea robusta. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a linear gallery occurring on the lower or rarely upper surface of the leaf. Later, after reaching the leaf-margin, it is broadened into a blotch usually elongate along the margin. Finally, in mature condition, the leaf margin with the mine is folded downward or rarely upward.
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