Acrocercops diatonica

Acrocercops diatonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species: A. diatonica
Binomial name
Acrocercops diatonica
Meyrick, 1916[1]

Acrocercops diatonica is a moth of the Gracillariidae family, known from Karnataka, India, as well as West Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, and Thailand.[1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916.[2] The hostplant for the species is Theobroma cacao and Mangifera species.

References

  1. 1 2 Acrocercops diatonica Meyrick, 1916 at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae.
  2. Meyrick, E. 1916a. Exotic Microlepidoptera. - Exotic Microlepidoptera (Marlborough) 1(20):609–640.


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