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Dekeidoryxis maesae

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Dekeidoryxis maesae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Dekeidoryxis
Species:
D. maesae
Binomial name
Dekeidoryxis maesae
Kumata, 1989[1]

Dekeidoryxis maesae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India (West Bengal) and Nepal.[2]

The wingspan is 6.3–7.6 mm.[citation needed]

The larvae feed on Maesa chisia and Maesa macrophylla. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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