Acrocercops syzygiena
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| Species: | A. syzygiena
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| Acrocercops syzygiena Vári, 1961[1]
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Acrocercops syzygiena is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.[2]
The larvae feed on Syzygium cordatum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large, irregular, semi-transparent blotch-mine, reddish-brown mixed with blackish above, the underside is brownish.
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