Ketapangia leucochorda

Ketapangia leucochorda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Ketapangia
Species:
K. leucochorda
Binomial name
Ketapangia leucochorda
(Meyrick, 1908)[1]
Synonyms
  • Macarostola leucochorda Meyrick, 1908
  • Parectopa leucochorda

Ketapangia leucochorda is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India (the states of Karnataka and Maharashtra), Japan (the Ogasawara Islands) and Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands).[2]

The wingspan is 7.1–8.2 mm.

The larvae feed on Terminalia catappa and Terminalia chebula. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Ketapangia, a new genus for Macarostola leucochorda and Acrocercops regulifera (Gracillariidae, Lepidoptera)
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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