Deoptilia heptadeta

Deoptilia heptadeta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Deoptilia
Species:
D. heptadeta
Binomial name
Deoptilia heptadeta
(Meyrick, 1936)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops hepladela Meyrick, 1936

Deoptilia heptadeta is a species of moth in the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (the Ryukyu Islands, Kyūshū, Shikoku, Honshū, Tusima, the Amami Islands) and Taiwan.[2]

The wingspan is 6.3–8.3 mm.

The larvae feed on Mallotus japonicus. They 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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