Acrocercops affinis

Acrocercops affinis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species: A. affinis
Binomial name
Acrocercops affinis
Braun, 1918[1]

Acrocercops affinis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family, known from California, U.S.A.[1]

The hostplant for the species is an unidentified species of Quercus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a narrow, white line, expanding abruptly into a large, white blotch. Within the blotch, most of the parenchyma is consumed.

References

  1. 1 2 Acrocercops affinis Braun, 1918 at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae.
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