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Acrocercops loxias

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Acrocercops loxias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Acrocercops
Species:
A. loxias
Binomial name
Acrocercops loxias

Acrocercops loxias is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India (Rajasthan) and Madagascar.[2]

The larvae feed on Cleistocalyx operculatus, Eugenia cumini and Eugenia jambolana. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Afrotropical Gracillariidae Archived August 28, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)[permanent dead link]


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