Acrocercops loxias | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Acrocercops |
Species: | A. loxias |
Binomial name | |
Acrocercops loxias | |
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.
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.
Cameraria is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae, which includes many species of leaf miners. One of the best known species is the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella.
Phyllonorycter is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Telamoptilia is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Cremastobombycia is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Neolithocolletis is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Porphyrosela is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Gracillaria is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Aspilapteryx is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Phyllonorycter helianthemella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Germany to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Greece and also on the Canary Islands.
Phyllonorycter formosella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Seychelles.
Caloptilia prosticta is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Madagascar, Nigeria, the Seychelles, South Africa and Sri Lanka.
Phodoryctis dolichophila is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Neolithocolletis pentadesma is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Indonesia (Java), Malaysia, the Philippines (Luzon) and the Seychelles.
Acrocercops allactopa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Karnataka, India. The hostplants for the species include Eugenia cumini and Eugenia jambolana.
Caloptilia alnivorella, the alder leafminer, is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. The species was first described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1875. It is known from the Russian Far East, Canada and the United States.
Acrocercops tomia is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Lord Howe Island.
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.
Phyllocnistinae is a subfamily of insects in the moth family Gracillariidae.