| Dekeidoryxis maesae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Dekeidoryxis |
| Species: | D. maesae |
| Binomial name | |
| Dekeidoryxis maesae Kumata, 1989 [1] | |
Dekeidoryxis maesae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India (West Bengal) and Nepal. [2]
The wingspan is 6.3–7.6 mm.
The larvae feed on Maesa chisia and Maesa macrophylla . They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
Gracillarioidea is a large superfamily containing four families of insects in the order Lepidoptera. These generally small moths are miners in plant tissue as caterpillars. There are about 113 described genera distributed worldwide, the most commonly encountered of which are leaf miners in the family Gracillariidae.
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.
Phodoryctis caerulea is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India, Malaysia (Sabah), Indonesia (Java), Sri Lanka, Fiji, Guam, the Solomon Islands, Japan and Taiwan, as well as Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Uganda and Tanzania.
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.
Chrysocercops argentata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Pahang, Malaysia and from Nepal.
Chrysocercops shoreae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Terengganu and Pahang, Malaysia.
Corythoxestis sunosei is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Japan (Kyūshū) and China.
Eumetriochroa hiranoi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan and China (Jiangxi).
Phyllonorycter koreana is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Korea.
Phyllonorycter jozanae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Hokkaidō island in Japan and from the Russian Far East.
Phyllonorycter laciniatae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Hokkaidō island of Japan and from the Russian Far East.
Monocercops resplendens is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India and Nepal.
Monocercops nepalensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Nepal.
Dekeidoryxis asynacta is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the state of Assam in India and from Nepal.
Dekeidoryxis khooi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Perak, Malaysia.
Macrosaccus morrisella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. In North America it is known from Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec, 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.
Metriochroa symplocosella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in Hunan, China.
Gracillariinae are a subfamily of moths which was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854.
Eupterote undata is a moth of the family Eupterotidae. It is found in Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Sumatra, Java and the Philippines.
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