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Chrysocercops argentata

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Species of moth

Chrysocercops argentata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Chrysocercops
Species: C. argentata
Binomial name
Chrysocercops argentata
Kumata, 1992

Chrysocercops argentata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Pahang, Malaysia and from Nepal.

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

  1. Descriptions Of Thirteen New Species Of The Genus Chrysocercops Kumata Et Kuroko, 1988, From Malaysia And Nepal (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
  2. Chrysocercops argentata Kumata, 1992. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Chrysocercops argentata


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