Cuphodes diospyrosella

Cuphodes diospyrosella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan.[1] The wingspan is 7.0–8.5 mm.[2] Leaf miners, the diospyrosella larvae feed on the mesophyll of the Diospyros species.

Cuphodes diospyrosella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Cuphodes
Species:
C. diospyrosella
Binomial name
Cuphodes diospyrosella
(Issiki, 1957)

References
  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  2. Japanese Moths


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