| Monocercops nepalensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Monocercops |
| Species: | M. nepalensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Monocercops nepalensis Kumata, 1989 [1] | |
Monocercops nepalensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Nepal. [2]
The wingspan is 6.2–9.5 mm.
The larvae feed on Castanopsis indica . They 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.
Metriochroa is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Phyllocnistis is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Prophyllocnistis is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Monocercops is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Metriochroa scotinopa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ethiopia.
Metriochroa tylophorae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.
Stomphastis thraustica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Central African Republic, Ghana, Nigeria, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Madagascar, Malaysia, Indonesia and India. It was recently also recorded from China.
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.
Phyllonorycter jozanae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Hokkaidō island in Japan and from the Russian Far East.
Phyllocnistis puyehuensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Chile. It was named by D.R. Davis in 1994.
Caloptilia alni is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China, Japan, Korea and the Russian Far East.
Caloptilia ariana is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India, Indonesia (Sulawesi), Japan, Malaysia (Sabah), Sri Lanka and Thailand.
Caloptilia atomosella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the United States.
Caloptilia porphyretica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from North Carolina and New Jersey in the United States.
Gracillariinae are a subfamily of moths which was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854.
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