Acrocercops ficina
Acrocercops ficina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Acrocercops |
Species: | A. ficina |
Binomial name | |
Acrocercops ficina Vári, 1961[1] |
Acrocercops ficina is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Namibia.[2]
The larvae feed on Ficus hippopotami, Ficus natalensis and Ficus trichopoda. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
[edit]- ^ Afrotropical Gracillariidae Archived August 28, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)