Cryptolectica ensiformis
Appearance
Cryptolectica ensiformis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Cryptolectica |
Species: | C. ensiformis
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Binomial name | |
Cryptolectica ensiformis (Yuan, 1986)[1]
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Cryptolectica ensiformis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China (Hainan), India, Indonesia (Sulawesi), Japan (Tusima, the Ryukyu Islands, Honshū, Kyūshū, Shikoku) and Thailand.[2]
The wingspan is 9.2–11 mm.
The larvae feed on Quercus acuta and Quercus sessilifolia. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
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