Acrocercops terminaliae

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Acrocercops terminaliae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species:
A. terminaliae
Binomial name
Acrocercops terminaliae
(Stainton, 1862)

Acrocercops terminaliae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India (West Bengal). [1]

The larvae feed on Terminalia catappa and Terminalia myriocarpa . They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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