Chrysocercops azmii

Chrysocercops azmii is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Selangor, Malaysia.[2]

Chrysocercops azmii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Chrysocercops
Species:
C. azmii
Binomial name
Chrysocercops azmii
Kumata, 1992[1]

The wingspan is 5.9–7.6 mm.

The larvae feed on Shorea maxima. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a linear gallery on the lower surface of the leaf, usually extending from the mid-vein to the margin of leaf, then it is broadened into a blotch along the margin. Finally, the lower surface of the mine is contracted to make a narrow fold of the leaf.

Etymology

This species is named in honour of Mr. Azmi Mahyudin of the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

References
  1. Descriptions Of Thirteen New Species Of The Genus Chrysocercops Kumata Et Kuroko, 1988, From Malaysia And Nepal (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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