Callicercops
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Callicercops is a genus of moth
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Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s in the family Gracillariidae
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....
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Species
- Callicercops iridocrossaCallicercops iridocrossaCallicercops iridocrossa is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from China and Japan . The wingspan is . The larvae feed on Bauhinia japonica. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant....
(Meyrick, 1938) - Callicercops millotiCallicercops millotiCallicercops milloti is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Madagascar. The larvae feed on Bauhinia species. They roll the leaf of their host plant....
(Viette, 1951) - Callicercops tricerosCallicercops tricerosCallicercops triceros is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Mauritius, Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa....
(Meyrick, 1926)