Eucosmophora chrysocosma

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Eucosmophora chrysocosma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Eucosmophora
Species:
E. chrysocosma
Binomial name
Eucosmophora chrysocosma
(Meyrick, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops chrysocosmaMeyrick, 1915

Eucosmophora chrysocosma is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Guyana. [1]

The length of the forewings is 3.4–4 mm for males and 3.7–5 mm for females. [2]

The larvae probably feed on a Sapotaceae species and probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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