Monocercops nepalensis

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

Monocercops nepalensis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Nepal.[2]

The wingspan is 6.2-9.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Castanopsis indica. They 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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