Cryptolectica ensiformis

Cryptolectica ensiformis
Cryptolectica ensiformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Cryptolectica
Species: C. ensiformis
Binomial name
Cryptolectica ensiformis
(Yuan, 1986)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops ensiformis Yuan, 1986

Cryptolectica ensiformis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from China (Hainan), India, Indonesia (Sulawesi), Japan (Tusima, the Ryukyu Islands, Honshū, Kyūshū, Shikoku) and Thailand.[2]

The wingspan is 9.2-11 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus acuta and Quercus sessilifolia. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Japanese species of the Acrocercops-group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Part I
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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