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Acrocercops ficina

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Species of moth

Acrocercops ficina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species: A. ficina
Binomial name
Acrocercops ficina
VΓ‘ri, 1961

Acrocercops ficina is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Namibia.

The larvae feed on Ficus hippopotami, Ficus natalensis and Ficus trichopoda. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Afrotropical Gracillariidae Archived August 28, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Acrocercops ficina


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