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Chrysocercops hopeella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gracillariidae

Scientific name
  
Chrysocercops hopeella

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Chrysocercops

Rank
  
Species

Chrysocercops hopeella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Malaysia (Pahang and Selangor).

The wingspan is 4.5-5.1 mm.

The larvae feed on Hopea nutans and Hopea odorata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is identical to that of Chrysocercops melastigmata.

References

Chrysocercops hopeella Wikipedia