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Chrysocercops thapai

Wikipedia Abstract

Chrysocercops thapai is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Malaysia and Nepal. The wingspan is 5.7-7 mm. The larvae feed on Shorea robusta. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a linear gallery occurring on the lower or rarely upper surface of the leaf. Later, after reaching the leaf-margin, it is broadened into a blotch usually elongate along the margin. Finally, in mature condition, the leaf margin with the mine is folded downward or rarely upward.
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Prey / Diet

Shorea robusta (sal tree)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Chrysocercops argentata1

External References

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Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0