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Monocercops triangulata

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Species of moth

Monocercops triangulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Monocercops
Species: M. triangulata
Binomial name
Monocercops triangulata
Kumata, 1989

Monocercops triangulata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Nepal.

The wingspan is 7.6–8.7 mm.

The larvae feed on Castanopsis species. They 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
Monocercops triangulata


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