Chrysocercops hopeella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Malaysia (Pahang and Selangor).[2]
Chrysocercops hopeella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Chrysocercops |
Species: | C. hopeella
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Binomial name | |
Chrysocercops hopeella Kumata, 1992[1]
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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.
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