Acrocercops bifasciata
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Acrocercops |
Species: | A. bifasciata
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Binomial name | |
Acrocercops bifasciata (Walsingham, 1891)[1]
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Acrocercops bifasciata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Gambia, Uganda and India.[2]
The larvae feed on Abelmoschus esculentus, Abutilon species, Gossypium species (including Gossypium barbadense), Malva species and Urena lobata. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
- ^ Afrotropical Gracillariidae Archived August 28, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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