Chrysaster hagicola is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (Hokkaidō, Honshū, Shikoku and Kyūshū), Korea and the Russian Far East.[2]
| Chrysaster hagicola | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Chrysaster |
| Species: | C. hagicola
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| Binomial name | |
| Chrysaster hagicola Kumata, 1961[1]
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The wingspan is 4.5–5 mm.
The larvae feed on Lespedeza bicolor and Lespedeza cyrtobotrya. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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