Chrysocercops leprosulae

Chrysocercops leprosulae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Chrysocercops
Species:	C. leprosulae
Binomial name
	Chrysocercops leprosulae; Kumata, 1992

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

The wingspan is 4.9–6 mm.

The larvae feed on Shorea leprosula. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large, interparenchymal blotch occurring along the leaf-margin.

References

^ Descriptions Of Thirteen New Species Of The Genus Chrysocercops Kumata Et Kuroko, 1988, From Malaysia And Nepal (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)^{[permanent dead link]}

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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)^{[permanent dead link]}

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