Callicercops iridocrossa

Callicercops iridocrossa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Callicercops
Species: C. iridocrossa
Binomial name
Callicercops iridocrossa
(Meyrick, 1938)
Synonyms
  • Callicercops yakusimensis Kumata & Kuroko, 1988[1]

Callicercops iridocrossa is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from China (Yunnan, Sichuan, Hong Kong) and Japan (the Ryukyu Islands).[2] The wingspan is 9.2–11.8 millimetres (0.36–0.46 in). The larvae feed on Bauhinia japonica. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ↑ Japanese species of the Acrocercops-group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Part I
  2. ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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