Acrocercops calycophthalma
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Species: | A. calycophthalma
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Acrocercops calycophthalma Meyrick, 1926[1]
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Acrocercops calycophthalma is a moth of the Gracillariidae family, known from Maharashtra and Karnataka, India.[1]
The hostplant for the species is Terminalia bellirica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine under the upper cuticle of the leaves. There may be up to seven larvae feeding in one mine.
References
- ^ a b Acrocercops calycophthalma Meyrick, 1926[permanent dead link ] at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae.