Eteoryctis picrasmae

Eteoryctis picrasmae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Hokkaidō and Honshū in Japan.[2]

Eteoryctis picrasmae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Eteoryctis
Species:
E. picrasmae
Binomial name
Eteoryctis picrasmae
Kumata & Kuroko, 1988[1]

The wingspan is 7.6–10 mm.

The larvae feed on Picrasma quassioides. 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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