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Chrysocercops hopeella

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

Chrysocercops hopeella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Malaysia (Pahang and Selangor).[2]

The wingspan is 4.5–5.1 mm.

The larvae feed on Hopea nutans and Hopea odorata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is identical to that of Chrysocercops melastigmata.

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