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Parectopa grisella

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Species of moth

Parectopa grisella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Parectopa
Species: P. grisella
Binomial name
Parectopa grisella
(van Deventer, 1904)

Parectopa grisella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Indonesia (Java) and Malaysia (West Malaysia).

The larvae feed on Manilkara zapota and Mimusops elengi. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Parectopa grisella


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