Monocercops thoi

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Monocercops thoi
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Monocercops
Species:
M. thoi
Binomial name
Monocercops thoi
Kumata, 1989[1]

Monocercops thoi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Malaysia (Selangor).[2]

The wingspan is 8.3-9.7 mm.

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

Etymology[]

The species is named in honour of Dr. Tho Yow Pong of the Forest Research Institute Malaysia.

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