Acrocercops sarcocrossa

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Acrocercops sarcocrossa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species:
A. sarcocrossa
Binomial name
Acrocercops sarcocrossa
Meyrick, 1924

Acrocercops sarcocrossa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Fiji. [1]

The larvae feed on Calophyllum species. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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