Ketapangia leucochorda

Ketapangia leucochorda
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Ketapangia
Species:	K. leucochorda
Binomial name
	Ketapangia leucochorda; (Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
	Macarostola leucochorda Meyrick, 1908 ; Parectopa leucochorda ;

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Ketapangia leucochorda is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India (the states of Karnataka and Maharashtra), Japan (the Ogasawara Islands) and Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands).^[2]

The wingspan is 7.1–8.2 mm.

The larvae feed on Terminalia catappa and Terminalia chebula. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

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[1] Ketapangia, a new genus for Macarostola leucochorda and Acrocercops regulifera (Gracillariidae, Lepidoptera)

[2] Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)

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