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Acrocercops hoplocala

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Acrocercops hoplocala
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species:
A. hoplocala
Binomial name
Acrocercops hoplocala
(Meyrick, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria hoplocala Meyrick, 1880

Acrocercops hoplocala is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from New South Wales and Queensland, Australia.[2]

The larvae feed on Eucalyptus botryoides and Eucalyptus robustus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a short linear mine which soon opens into a roughly circular botch.

References

  1. ^ Australian Faunal Directory
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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