Cryptolectica pasaniae
Cryptolectica pasaniae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Cryptolectica |
Species: | C. pasaniae
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Binomial name | |
Cryptolectica pasaniae Kumata & Kuroko, 1988[1]
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Cryptolectica pasaniae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Hong Kong and Japan (the Ryukyu Islands).[2]
The wingspan is 8.0–10.2 mm.
The larvae feed on Lithocarpus edulis, Pasania edulis and Quercus bambusifolia. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
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Categories:
- Acrocercopinae
- Moths of Japan
- Moths described in 1988
- Acrocercopinae stubs