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Cryptolectica chrysalis

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Species of moth

Cryptolectica chrysalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Cryptolectica
Species: C. chrysalis
Binomial name
Cryptolectica chrysalis
Kumata & Ermolaev, 1988

Cryptolectica chrysalis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (Hokkaidō, Honshū) and the Russian Far East.

The wingspan is 9–11 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus mongolica and Quercus serrata. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Japanese species of the Acrocercops-group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Part I
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Cryptolectica chrysalis


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