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Callicercops iridocrossa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gracillariidae

Scientific name
  
Callicercops iridocrossa

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Callicercops

Rank
  
Species

Callicercops iridocrossa is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from China (Yunnan, Sichuan, Hong Kong) and Japan (the Ryukyu Islands). The wingspan is 9.2–11.8 millimetres (0.36–0.46 in). The larvae feed on Bauhinia japonica. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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Callicercops iridocrossa Wikipedia