Chrysocercops hopeella

Chrysocercops hopeella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Malaysia (Pahang and Selangor).[2]

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

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.

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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