Psydrocercops wisteriae

Psydrocercops wisteriae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China (Beijing), Hong Kong, Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū, Shikoku) and the Russian Far East.[2]

Psydrocercops wisteriae
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Psydrocercops
Species:
P. wisteriae
Binomial name
Psydrocercops wisteriae
(Kuroko, 1982)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops wisteriae Kuroko, 1982

The wingspan is 6–9 mm.

The larvae feed on Wisteria floribunda. They 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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