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Leucocercops dasmophora

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Leucocercops dasmophora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Leucocercops
Species:
L. dasmophora
Binomial name
Leucocercops dasmophora
(Meyrick, 1908)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops dasmophora Meyrick, 1908

Leucocercops dasmophora is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.[2]

The larvae feed on Parinari capensis. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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