Monocercops nepalensis

Monocercops nepalensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Nepal.[2]

Monocercops nepalensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Monocercops
Species:
M. nepalensis
Binomial name
Monocercops nepalensis
Kumata, 1989[1]

The wingspan is 6.2–9.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Castanopsis indica. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. Two new genera related to Acrocercops (Gracillariidae, Lepidoptera), with five new species from the Oriental region
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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