Melanocercops ficuvorella
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Melanocercops |
| Species: | M. ficuvorella
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanocercops ficuvorella (Yazaki, 1926)[1]
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Melanocercops ficuvorella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Guangdong, China, and from India and Japan (Shikoku, Honshū, the Amami Islands, Tusima, the Ryukyu Islands and Kyūshū).[2]
The wingspan is 6-8.2 mm.
The larvae feed on Ficus carica, , Ficus hispida, Ficus microcarpa, , Ficus pumila, Ficus virens and . They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
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