Ketapangia leucochorda

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Ketapangia leucochorda
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Ketapangia
Species:
K. leucochorda
Binomial name
Ketapangia leucochorda
(Meyrick, 1908) [1]
Synonyms
  • Macarostola leucochordaMeyrick, 1908
  • Parectopa leucochorda

Ketapangia leucochorda is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India (the states of Karnataka and Maharashtra), Japan (the Ogasawara Islands) and Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands). [2]

The wingspan is 7.1–8.2 mm.

The larvae feed on Terminalia catappa and Terminalia chebula . They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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