Cryptolectica pasaniae

Cryptolectica pasaniae
Scientific classification Edit this 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 family Gracillariidae. It is known from Hong Kong and Japan (the Ryukyu Islands).[2]

The wingspan is 8.0–10.2 mm.

The larvae feed on Lithocarpus edulis, Pasania edulis and Quercus myrsinifolia. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Japanese species of the Acrocercops-group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Part I
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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