Acrocercops alysidota

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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species:
A. alysidota
Binomial name
Acrocercops alysidota
(Meyrick, 1880) [1]
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria alysidotaMeyrick, 1880
  • Acrocercops citharoda(Meyrick, 1916)
  • Parectopa citharoda

Acrocercops alysidota (wattle miner) is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Southern Australia and Western Australia as well as New Zealand. [2]

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The larvae feed on Acacia longifolia , Acacia melanoxylon , Acacia pycnantha and Acacia saligna . They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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