Acrocercops gossypii
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| Species: | A. gossypii
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| Acrocercops gossypii Vári, 1961[1]
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Acrocercops gossypii is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.[2]
The larvae feed on Gossypium herbaceum and Gossypium hirsutum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large, irregular, transparent blotch-mine, with yellowish-brown discolorations and a whitish margin.
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