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Chrysocercops melastigmata

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Chrysocercops melastigmata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Chrysocercops
Species:
C. melastigmata
Binomial name
Chrysocercops melastigmata
Kumata, 1992[1]

Chrysocercops melastigmata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Pahang, Malaysia.[2]

The wingspan is 4.7–5.7 mm.

The larvae feed on Hopea nutans. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

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  1. ^ Descriptions Of Thirteen New Species Of The Genus Chrysocercops Kumata Et Kuroko, 1988, From Malaysia And Nepal (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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