Chrysocercops castanopsidis

Chrysocercops castanopsidis
Chrysocercops castanopsidis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Chrysocercops
Species: C. castanopsidis
Binomial name
Chrysocercops castanopsidis
Kumata & Kuroko, 1988[1]

Chrysocercops castanopsidis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan (Honshū, Iriomote, Isigaki, Okinawa and Shikoku).[2]

The wingspan is about 6.2-8 mm.

The larvae feed on Castanopsis cuspidata, Castanopsis sieboldii, Lithocarpus glaber and Pasania glabra. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Japanese Species Of The Acrocercops-Group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part II
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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