Cryptolectica chrysalis

Cryptolectica chrysalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Cryptolectica
Species: C. chrysalis
Binomial name
Cryptolectica chrysalis
Kumata & Ermolaev, 1988[1]

Cryptolectica chrysalis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan (Hokkaidō, Honshū) and the Russian Far East.[2]

The wingspan is 9–11 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus mongolica and Quercus serrata. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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