Chrysocercops argentata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Pahang, Malaysia and from Nepal.[2]
Chrysocercops argentata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Chrysocercops |
Species: | C. argentata
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Binomial name | |
Chrysocercops argentata Kumata, 1992[1]
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The wingspan is 6.1–6.8 mm.
The larvae feed on Hopea nutans and Shorea robusta. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
edit- ^ Descriptions Of Thirteen New Species Of The Genus Chrysocercops Kumata Et Kuroko, 1988, From Malaysia And Nepal (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
- ^ Chrysocercops argentata Kumata, 1992. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)