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Acrocercops calycophthalma

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Acrocercops calycophthalma
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A. calycophthalma
Binomial name
Acrocercops calycophthalma
Meyrick, 1926[1]

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

  1. ^ a b Acrocercops calycophthalma Meyrick, 1926[permanent dead link] at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae.