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Monocercops nepalensis

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Monocercops nepalensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Monocercops
Species:
M. nepalensis
Binomial name
Monocercops nepalensis
Kumata, 1989[1]

Monocercops nepalensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Nepal.[2]

The wingspan is 6.2–9.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Castanopsis indica. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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