Cryptolectica pasaniae
Cryptolectica pasaniae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Cryptolectica |
Species: | C. pasaniae |
Binomial name | |
Cryptolectica pasaniae Kumata & Kuroko, 1988[1] | |
Cryptolectica pasaniae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Hong Kong and Japan (the Ryukyu Islands).[2]
The wingspan is 8-10.2 mm.
The larvae feed on Lithocarpus edulis, Pasania edulis and Quercus bambusifolia. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.