Acrocercops chrysophylli
Acrocercops chrysophylli is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.[2]
Acrocercops chrysophylli | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Acrocercops |
Species: | A. chrysophylli |
Binomial name | |
Acrocercops chrysophylli VĂ¡ri, 1961[1] | |
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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