Chrysaster hagicola | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Chrysaster |
Species: | C. hagicola |
Binomial name | |
Chrysaster hagicola Kumata, 1961 |
Chrysaster hagicola is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (Hokkaidō, Honshū, Shikoku and Kyūshū), Korea and the Russian Far East.
The wingspan is 4.5–5 mm.
The larvae feed on Lespedeza bicolor and Lespedeza cyrtobotrya. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
- Descriptions of a new genus and a new species of Gracillariidae from Japan (Lepidoptera)
- Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers | |
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Chrysaster hagicola |
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