Dekeidoryxis asynacta

Dekeidoryxis asynacta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Dekeidoryxis
Species: D. asynacta
Binomial name
Dekeidoryxis asynacta
(Meyrick, 1918)[1]
Synonyms
  • Parectopa asynacta Meyrick, 1918

Dekeidoryxis asynacta is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the state of Assam in India and from Nepal.[2]

The wingspan is 5.3-7.8 mm.

The larvae feed on Maesa chisia. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ↑ Two new genera related to Acrocercops (Gracillariidae, Lepidoptera), with five new species from the Oriental region
  2. ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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