Acrocercops cherimoliae

Acrocercops cherimoliae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species:
A. cherimoliae
Binomial name
Acrocercops cherimoliae
Ghesquière, 1940[1]

Acrocercops cherimoliae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo.[2]

The larvae feed on Annona cherimolia. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Afrotropical Gracillariidae Archived August 28, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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