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Acrocercops distylii

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Species of moth

Acrocercops distylii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species: A. distylii
Binomial name
Acrocercops distylii
Kumata & Kuroko, 1988

Acrocercops distylii is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū, Shikoku, Tusima and the Ryukyu Islands).

The wingspan is 8.5–11 mm.

The larvae feed on Distylium racemusum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Japanese species of the Acrocercops-group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Part I
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Acrocercops distylii


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