Dekeidoryxis maesae

Dekeidoryxis maesae
Dekeidoryxis maesae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Dekeidoryxis
Species: D. maesae
Binomial name
Dekeidoryxis maesae
Kumata, 1989[1]

Dekeidoryxis maesae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India (West Bengal) and Nepal.[2]

The wingspan is 6.3-7.6 mm.

The larvae feed on Maesa chisia and Maesa macrophylla. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Two new genera related to Acrocercops (Gracillariidae, Lepidoptera), with five new species from the Oriental region
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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