Biology:Chrysocercops hopeella
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Short description: Species of moth
Chrysocercops hopeella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Chrysocercops |
Species: | C. hopeella
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Binomial name | |
Chrysocercops hopeella Kumata, 1992[1]
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Chrysocercops hopeella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Malaysia (Pahang and Selangor).[2]
The wingspan is 4.5–5.1 mm.
The larvae feed on Hopea nutans and Hopea odorata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is identical to that of Chrysocercops melastigmata.
References
Wikidata ☰ Q5114733 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysocercops hopeella.
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