Dekeidoryxis maesae

Dekeidoryxis maesae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India (West Bengal) and Nepal.[2]

Dekeidoryxis maesae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Dekeidoryxis
Species:
D. maesae
Binomial name
Dekeidoryxis maesae
Kumata, 1989[1]

The wingspan is 6.3–7.6 mm.

The larvae feed on Maesa chisia and Maesa macrophylla. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. Two new genera related to Acrocercops (Gracillariidae, Lepidoptera), with five new species from the Oriental region
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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