Acrocercops clitoriella

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Acrocercops clitoriella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species:
A. clitoriella
Binomial name
Acrocercops clitoriella
Busck, [1934]

Acrocercops clitoriella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Cuba. [1]

The larvae feed on Clitoria species, including Clitoria ternatea . They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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