Deoptilia syrista

Deoptilia syrista
Deoptilia syrista
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Deoptilia
Species: D. syrista
Binomial name
Deoptilia syrista
(Meyrick, 1926)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops syrista Meyrick, 1926

Deoptilia syrista is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India (Karnataka, Maharashtra), Malaysia and Taiwan.[2]

The larvae feed on Mallotus philippinensis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as an irregular gallery along the veins under the upper cuticle of the leaf. Later mining occurs under a web spun over the upper surface of the veins. Eating takes place on either side of the vein, but the red dotted glands remain untouched.

References

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