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| taxon = Chrysocercops melastigmata
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| authority = Kumata, 1992<ref>[http://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2115/9862/1/46_p73-131.pdf Descriptions Of Thirteen New Species Of The Genus Chrysocercops Kumata Et Kuroko, 1988, From Malaysia And Nepal (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)]</ref>
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Lepidoptera]]
| infraordo [[Heteroneura]]
| familia = [[Gracillariidae]]
| genus = ''[[Chrysocercops]]''
| species = '''''C. melastigmata'''''
| binomial = ''Chrysocercops melastigmata''
| binomial_authority = Kumata, 1992<ref>[http://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2115/9862/1/46_p73-131.pdf Descriptions Of Thirteen New Species Of The Genus Chrysocercops Kumata Et Kuroko, 1988, From Malaysia And Nepal (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)]</ref>
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'''''Chrysocercops melastigmata''''' is a [[moth]] of the [[Gracillariidae]] family. It is known from [[Pahang]], [[Malaysia]].<ref>[http://gc.bebif.be/species/show/1510 Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)]</ref>


'''''Chrysocercops melastigmata''''' is a [[moth]] of the family [[Gracillariidae]]. It is known from [[Pahang]], [[Malaysia]].<ref>[http://www.gracillariidae.net/species_by_code/CHRYMELA Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)]</ref>
The [[wingspan]] is 4.7-5.7 mm.

The [[wingspan]] is 4.7–5.7&nbsp;mm.


The [[larva]]e feed on ''[[Hopea nutans]]''. They [[leaf miner|mine]] the leaves of their host plant.
The [[larva]]e feed on ''[[Hopea nutans]]''. They [[leaf miner|mine]] the leaves of their host plant.
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==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Chrysocercops]]
[[Category:Chrysocercops]]
[[Category:Moths described in 1992]]



{{Gracillariinae-stub}}
{{Acrocercopinae-stub}}

Latest revision as of 19:36, 7 January 2021

Chrysocercops melastigmata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Chrysocercops
Species:
C. melastigmata
Binomial name
Chrysocercops melastigmata
Kumata, 1992[1]

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

The wingspan is 4.7–5.7 mm.

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

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