Chrysocercops vaticae

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

Chrysocercops vaticae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Malaysia (Negeri Sembilan).[2]

The wingspan is 5.7-6.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Vatica bella. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a linear gallery occurring on the upper surface of the leaves. It broadens into a blotch along the margin of the leaves. In mature condition, the blotchy part is contracted upward to make a narrow fold. The cocoon, made in a furrow on the wall of the case, is boat-shaped, ochre-whitish, and usually provided with four minute bubbles on the 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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