| Acrocercops cissiella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Acrocercops |
| Species: | A. cissiella |
| Binomial name | |
| Acrocercops cissiella Busck, 1934 | |
Acrocercops cissiella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Cuba. [1]
The larvae feed on Hibiscus elatus , Cissampelos species (including Cissampelos verticillata ) and Vitis species. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
Menispermaceae is a family of flowering plants. The alkaloid tubocurarine, a neuromuscular blocker and the active ingredient in the 'tube curare' form of the dart poison curare, is derived from the South American liana Chondrodendron tomentosum. Several other South American genera belonging to the family have been used to prepare the 'pot' and calabash' forms of curare. The family contains 68 genera with some 440 species, which are distributed throughout low-lying tropical areas with some species present in temperate and arid regions.
Velvetleaf is a common name used for plants with soft-haired leaves:
Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella.
Cissampelos is a genus of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae. Various species of this genus have a history of use in various traditions of herbal medicine. Moreover, many of these plants were used as curare applied as arrow poison during hunting.
Cissampelos pareira (velvetleaf) is a species of flowering plant in the family Menispermaceae.
Phyllonorycter is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Epicephala is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Phyllocnistis is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Parornix petiolella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Moldova, Poland, Romania, the European part of Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland and Ukraine.
Aristaea bathracma is a species of moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China, Thailand, Japan (Honshū), the Russian Far East, Mozambique, South Africa, Réunion and Uganda.
Stomphastis thraustica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Central African Republic, Ghana, Nigeria, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Madagascar, Malaysia, Indonesia and India. It was recently also recorded from China.
Phodoryctis caerulea is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India, Malaysia (Sabah), Indonesia (Java), Sri Lanka, Fiji, Guam, the Solomon Islands, Japan and Taiwan, as well as Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Uganda and Tanzania.
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.
Corythoxestis sunosei is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Japan (Kyūshū) and China.
Phyllocnistis aurilinea is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Colombia. The hostplants for the species include Macleania rupestris and Cissampelos rhombifolia.
Lithocolletinae is a subfamily of insects in the moth family Gracillariidae. It is distributed worldwide, with most species in temperate regions.
Gracillariinae are a subfamily of moths which was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854.
(S)-Magnoflorine is a quaternary benzylisoquinoline alkaloid (BIA) of the aporphine structural subgroup which has been isolated from various species of the family Menispermaceae, such as Pachygone ovata,Sinomenium acutum, and Cissampelos pareira.
Oraesia provocans, the provocative calpe, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found throughout continental Africa, India and Sri Lanka.