''Chrysocercops leprosulae'' is a
moth of the family
Gracillariidae. It is known from
Pahang,
Malaysia.
Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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The wingspan is 4.9–6 mm.
The larvae feed on ''Shorea leprosula
''Shorea leprosula'' (called, along with some other species in the genus ''Shorea'', light red meranti) is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is native to Sumatra, Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Java, and Thailand.
Description
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Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to:
Extraction or digging
* Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging
*Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine
Grammar
*Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun
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the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large, interparenchymal blotch occurring along the leaf-margin.
References
Chrysocercops
Moths described in 1992
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