Parectopa grisella

Parectopa grisella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Parectopa
Species: P. grisella
Binomial name
Parectopa grisella
(van Deventer, 1904)

Parectopa grisella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Indonesia (Java) and Malaysia (West Malaysia).[1]

The larvae feed on Manilkara zapota and Mimusops elengi. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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