Acrocercops bifasciata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Acrocercops |
Species: | A. bifasciata |
Binomial name | |
Acrocercops bifasciata (Walsingham, 1891) [1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Acrocercops bifasciata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Gambia, Uganda and India. [2] [ dead link ]
The larvae feed on Abelmoschus esculentus , Abutilon species, Gossypium species (including Gossypium barbadense ), Malva species and Urena lobata . They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
Acrocercops is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Acrocercops gossypii is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.
Acrocercops albofasciella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan.
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 mantica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China (Guangdong), Hong Kong, India (Meghalaya), Indonesia (Java), Japan, Korea and Nepal.
Acrocercops transecta is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan, Korea, the Russian Far East and Taiwan.
Phyllonorycter triarcha is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India (Bihar), Indonesia (Moluccas), Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand. This species is a well-known pest of cotton.
Acrocercops allactopa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Karnataka, India. The hostplants for the species include Eugenia cumini and Eugenia jambolana.
Acrocercops amurensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Russia and China. The hostplant for the species is Quercus mongolica.
Acrocercops leucocyma, also known as the kauri leafminer, is a species of moth in the family Gracillariidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.
Acrocercops zygonoma, also known as the leafminer, is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, described in 1921 by Edward Meyrick. It is known from the province of Bihar in India.
Acrocercops eurhythmopa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Java, Indonesia, as well as Sierra Leone. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1934. The hostplant for the species is Cola nitida and Sterculia species.
Acrocercops helicomitra is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Brazil. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1924. The hostplant for the species is Gossypium herbaceum.
Acrocercops hexaclosta is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Java, Indonesia. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1934. The hostplant for the species is an unidentified species of Macaranga.
Acrocercops homalacta is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Guadalcanal and Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands, as well as Samoa. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1927.
Acrocercops malvacea is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Morocco. It was described by Walsingham, Lord Thomas de Grey, in 1907. The hostplant for the species is Lavatera olbia and Malva species.
Acrocercops niphocremna is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Maharashtra, India. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1932. The hostplant for the species is Terminalia chebula.
Acrocercops mechanopla is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Maharashtra, India. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1934. The hostplant for the species is Gmelina arborea.
Gracillariinae are a subfamily of moths which was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854.