Acrocercops plebeia

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Acrocercops plebeia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species:
A. plebeia
Binomial name
Acrocercops plebeia
(Turner, 1894) [1]
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria plebeiaTurner, 1894

Acrocercops plebeia is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales, Australia. [2]

The larvae feed on Acacia implexa , Acacia podalyriifolia , Acacia prominens and Acacia rubida . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a large blotch mine.

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