Neolithocolletis pentadesma

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Neolithocolletis pentadesma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Neolithocolletis
Species:
N. pentadesma
Binomial name
Neolithocolletis pentadesma
(Meyrick, 1919) [1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis pentadesmaMeyrick, 1919

Neolithocolletis pentadesma is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Indonesia (Java), Malaysia (Sarawak, Selangor), the Philippines (Luzon) and the Seychelles. [2]

The wingspan is 4.4–5 mm. [3] The ground colour of its forewing is reddish ochreous brown, with a distinct white fasciae and a blackish irregular edging. [4]

The larvae feed on Pterocarpus indicus and Pterocarpus javanicus . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a flat roundish blotch mine on the underside of the leaf. It is a serious pest on Pterocarpus indicus in Malaysia, often causing heavy defoliations.

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