Melanocercops desiccata

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Melanocercops desiccata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Melanocercops
Species:
M. desiccata
Binomial name
Melanocercops desiccata
(Meyrick, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops desiccataMeyrick, 1916

Melanocercops desiccata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Bihar, India and from Sri Lanka. [1]

The larvae feed on Ficus glomerata and Ficus racemosa . They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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