Acrocercops loxias

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Acrocercops loxias
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species:
A. loxias
Binomial name
Acrocercops loxias
Meyrick, 1918 [1]

Acrocercops loxias is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India (Rajasthan) and Madagascar.

The larvae feed on Cleistocalyx operculatus , Eugenia cumini and Eugenia jambolana . They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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