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Psydrocercops wisteriae

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Species of moth

Psydrocercops wisteriae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Psydrocercops
Species: P. wisteriae
Binomial name
Psydrocercops wisteriae
(Kuroko, 1982)
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops wisteriae Kuroko, 1982

Psydrocercops wisteriae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China (Beijing), Hong Kong, Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū, Shikoku) and the Russian Far East.

The wingspan is 6–9 mm.

The larvae feed on Wisteria floribunda. They 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
Psydrocercops wisteriae


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