Biology:Acrocercops calycophthalma

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Short description: Species of moth

Acrocercops calycophthalma
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species:
A. calycophthalma
Binomial name
Acrocercops calycophthalma
Meyrick, 1926[1]

Acrocercops calycophthalma is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Maharashtra and Karnataka, India .[1]

The hostplant for the species is Terminalia bellirica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine under the upper cuticle of the leaves. There may be up to seven larvae feeding in one mine.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Acrocercops calycophthalma Meyrick, 1926 at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae.

Wikidata ☰ Q4675382 entry