Chrysocercops vaticae

Chrysocercops vaticae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Chrysocercops
Species:	C. vaticae
Binomial name
	Chrysocercops vaticae; Kumata, 1992

Chrysocercops vaticae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.^[2]

The wingspan is 5.7–6.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Vatica bella. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a linear gallery occurring on the upper surface of the leaves. It broadens into a blotch along the margin of the leaves. In mature condition, the blotchy part is contracted upward to make a narrow fold. The cocoon, made in a furrow on the wall of the case, is boat-shaped, ochre-whitish, and usually provided with four minute bubbles on the surface.

References[]

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[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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