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Dekeidoryxis asynacta

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Species of moth

Dekeidoryxis asynacta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Dekeidoryxis
Species: D. asynacta
Binomial name
Dekeidoryxis asynacta
(Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Parectopa asynacta Meyrick, 1918

Dekeidoryxis asynacta is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the state of Assam in India and from Nepal.

The wingspan is 5.3–7.8 mm.

The larvae feed on Maesa chisia. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Two new genera related to Acrocercops (Gracillariidae, Lepidoptera), with five new species from the Oriental region
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Dekeidoryxis asynacta


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