Acrocercops melantherella
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Acrocercops melantherella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Acrocercops |
Species: | A. melantherella
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Binomial name | |
Acrocercops melantherella Busck, 1934
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Acrocercops melantherella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Cuba.[1]
The larvae feed on Melanthera aspera and Melanthera deltoidea. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.