Acrocercops cocciferellum

Acrocercops cocciferellum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species: A. cocciferellum
Binomial name
Acrocercops cocciferellum
(Chrétien, 1910)[1]
Synonyms
  • Coriscium cocciferellum Chrétien, 1910

Acrocercops cocciferellum is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from France, Spain and Tunisia.

The larvae feed on Quercus coccifera. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine on underside of the leaf.[2]

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