| Dekeidoryxis khooi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Dekeidoryxis |
| Species: | D. khooi |
| Binomial name | |
| Dekeidoryxis khooi Kumata, 1989 [1] | |
Dekeidoryxis khooi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Perak, Malaysia. [2]
The wingspan is 5.2–6.7 mm.
The larvae feed on Maesa ramentacea . They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
This species is named in honour of Dr. Khoo Soo Ghee of the Zoological Department of the University of Malaya.
Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella.
Epicephala is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Eumetriochroa is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Phyllocnistis is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
The cocoa pod borer is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Saudi Arabia, China, India, Thailand, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Australia, New Britain, the Philippines, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Vanuatu.
Phyllonorycter farensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Faro River Reserve in Cameroon and the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Dialectica geometra is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Hong Kong, Japan, India and Réunion. It has recently been recorded from China.
Corythoxestis praeustella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Java, Indonesia. The hostplants for the species include Nauclea orientalis.
Corythoxestis sunosei is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Japan (Kyūshū) and China.
Eumetriochroa hederae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Honshū, Kyūshū, Shikoku in Japan and in China.
Eumetriochroa hiranoi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan and China (Jiangxi).
Chrysaster ostensackenella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada and the United States.
Phyllonorycter jozanae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Hokkaidō island in Japan and from the Russian Far East.
Parornix multimaculata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Japan (Hokkaidō), Korea and the Russian Far East.
Monocercops triangulata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Nepal.
Caloptilia alni is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China, Japan, Korea and the Russian Far East.
Macrosaccus morrisella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. In North America it is known from Manitoba and Ontario south and west to Texas and Colorado.
Macrosaccus uhlerella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Illinois, Missouri, New York, Colorado and Texas in the United States.
Caloptilia fraxinella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada and the United States.
Gracillariinae are a subfamily of moths which was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854.
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