Acrocercops albinatella

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Acrocercops albinatella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species:
A. albinatella
Binomial name
Acrocercops albinatella
(Chambers, 1872) [1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops albanotella(Chambers, 1877)
  • Acrocercops albinotellaMeyrick, 1912

Acrocercops albinatella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Quebec and the United States (including Maryland, New York, Maine, Georgia, Florida, Missouri, Ohio, Kentucky and Texas). [1]

Adults are on wing in late June and early July in central Illinois. [2]

The hostplants for the species include Quercus alba , Quercus laevis , Quercus obtusiloba , Quercus rubra , and Quercus stellata . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a long, winding, Nepticulid-like mine ending in a large, tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf.

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Acrocercops cocciferellum is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from France, Spain and Tunisia.

Acrocercops tacita is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Greece and Lebanon.

Spulerina castaneae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (Honshū) and the Russian Far East.

Spulerina virgulata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Honshū island of Japan.

Cryptolectica pasaniae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Hong Kong and Japan.

Cryptolectica ensiformis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China (Hainan), India, Indonesia (Sulawesi), Japan and Thailand.

Cryptolectica chrysalis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan and the Russian Far East.

Acrocercops melanoplecta is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Hong Kong, India (Meghalaya), Japan, Nepal and Taiwan.

Acrocercops querci is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (Honshū).

Acrocercops vallata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan.

Acrocercops unistriata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China, Hong Kong, Japan, Nepal and Taiwan.

Acrocercops affinis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from California, U.S.A.

Acrocercops amurensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Russia and China. The hostplant for the species is Quercus mongolica.

Acrocercops arbutella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Arizona, United States.

Acrocercops astericola is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Canada and the United States.

Acrocercops strigosa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Quebec and the United States.

Acrocercops insulariella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the United States (California).

References

  1. 1 2 Acrocercops albinatella (Chambers, 1872) at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae.
  2. ↑ microleps.org


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