Acrocercops chrysophylli
| Acrocercops chrysophylli | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Acrocercops |
| Species: | A. chrysophylli |
| Binomial name | |
| Acrocercops chrysophylli Vári, 1961[1] | |
Acrocercops chrysophylli is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.[2]
The larvae feed on Chrysophyllum gorungosanum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregular, pale ochreous, transparent blotch-mine, with a long, narrow, epidermal gallery on the upperside of the leaf.
References
- ↑ Afrotropical Gracillariidae Archived August 28, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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