Neolithocolletis kangarensis

Neolithocolletis kangarensis
Neolithocolletis kangarensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Neolithocolletis
Species: N. kangarensis
Binomial name
Neolithocolletis kangarensis
Kumata, 1993

Neolithocolletis kangarensis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Malaysia (Perlis).[1]

The wingspan is 4.2-4.5 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Calopogonium species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an oblong blotch-mine occurring on the disc between two lateral veins of the lower side of the leaf. It is whitish and flat at the immature stage. At maturity, it is discoloured into ochreous, usually distally, by the consumption of leaf-tissue. Then the distal margin of this part is cut out semicircularly, finally the cut part is folded down to cover a circular, white cocoon, which is placed inside the mine-cavity.

References

  1. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  2. ^ A Contribution To The Knowledge Of The Malaysian Lithocolletin Ae (Gracillariidae, Lepidoptera), With A Revision Of Indian Cameraria Associated With Leguminosae
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