Acrocercops melantherella

Acrocercops melantherella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species:
A. melantherella
Binomial name
Acrocercops melantherella
Busck, 1934

Acrocercops melantherella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Cuba.[1]

The larvae feed on Melanthera aspera and Melanthera deltoidea. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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