Acrocercops melanoplecta
Acrocercops melanoplecta | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Acrocercops |
Species: | A. melanoplecta
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Binomial name | |
Acrocercops melanoplecta |
Acrocercops melanoplecta is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Hong Kong, India (Meghalaya), Japan (Honshū, Tusima and the Ryukyu Islands), Nepal and Taiwan.[2]
The wingspan is 7-10.8 mm.
The larvae feed on Castanopsis cuspidata, , Castanopsis hystrix and . They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References[]
Categories:
- Acrocercops
- Moths of Asia
- Moths described in 1908
- Acrocercops stubs