Chrysocercops squamosa
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| Chrysocercops squamosa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Chrysocercops |
| Species: | C. squamosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysocercops squamosa Kumata, 1992[1] | |
Chrysocercops squamosa is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Malaysia (Johor and Pahang).[2]
The wingspan is 5-6.2 mm.
The larvae feed on Vatica pallida and Vatica pauciflora. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a linear gallery occurring on the lower surface of the leaves. Later, it changes into an interparenchymal blotch usually lying along the leaf-margin. The mining part of leaf is discoloured into brown, sometimes into dark brown in matured condition. Pupation takes place outside of the mine, and usually in a furrow of the breeding case. The cocoon is boat-shaped, ochre-whitish and covered by two to four minute bubbles.
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