Chrysocercops azmii

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

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

The wingspan is 5.9–7.6 mm.

The larvae feed on Shorea maxima. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

Etymology[]

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

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