Melanocercops elaphopa

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Melanocercops elaphopa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Melanocercops
Species:
M. elaphopa
Binomial name
Melanocercops elaphopa
(Meyrick, 1914) [1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops elaphopaMeyrick, 1914

Melanocercops elaphopa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Karnataka, India, and from Nepal. [2]

The larvae feed on Ficus species, including Ficus asperrima , Ficus palmatus and Ficus religiosa . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a small irregular gallery ending in a blotch beneath the upper surface of the leaf.

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