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Acrocercops astericola

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Acrocercops astericola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species:
A. astericola
Binomial name
Acrocercops astericola
(Frey & Boll, 1873)[1]

Acrocercops astericola is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Canada (Québec and Nova Scotia) and the United States (Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Vermont, Massachusetts and New York).[1]

The hostplants for the species include Eurybia divaricata, Symphyotrichum cordifolium, Symphyotrichum lateriflorum, Symphyotrichum novi-belgii, and Inula germanica. The mine has the form of a flat upperside blotch mine.

References

  1. ^ a b Acrocercops astericola (Frey & Boll, 1873) at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae.