Chrysocercops shoreae

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

Chrysocercops shoreae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Malaysia (Terengganu and Pahang).[2]

The wingspan is 5-6.6 mm.

The larvae feed on Shorea materialis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a linear gallery occurring on the lower surface of the leaf and running mostly along leaf-veins. When it reaches the leaf-margin, it is broadened along the margin to form an elongate blotch. When full-grown, the mining part of the leaf is folded downward. Pupation takes place outside of the mine. The cocoon is boatshaped, ochreous in colour, and covered by two or three minute bubbles on the upper surface.

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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