Eucosmophora chrysocosma

Eucosmophora chrysocosma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Eucosmophora
Species: E. chrysocosma
Binomial name
Eucosmophora chrysocosma
(Meyrick, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops chrysocosma Meyrick, 1915

Eucosmophora chrysocosma is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Guyana.[1]

The length of the forewings is 3.4–4 mm for males and 3.7–5 mm for females.[2]

The larvae probably feed on a Sapotaceae species and probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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