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Cryptolectica chrysalis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gracillariidae

Scientific name
  
Cryptolectica chrysalis

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Cryptolectica

Rank
  
Species

Cryptolectica chrysalis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan (Hokkaidō, Honshū) and the Russian Far East.

The wingspan is 9–11 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus mongolica and Quercus serrata. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

Cryptolectica chrysalis Wikipedia