Chrysocercops azmii

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

Chrysocercops azmii is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Malaysia (Selangor).[2]

The wingspan is 5.9-7.6 mm.

The larvae feed on Shorea maxima. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a linear gallery on the lower surface of the leaf, usually extending from the mid-vein to the margin of leaf, then it is broadened into a blotch along the margin. Finally, the lower surface of the mine is contracted to make a narrow fold of the leaf.

Etymology

This species is named in honour of Mr. Azmi Mahyudin of the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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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