Acrocercops hierocosma

Acrocercops hierocosma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species: A. hierocosma
Binomial name
Acrocercops hierocosma
Meyrick, 1912[1]

Acrocercops hierocosma is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Northern Territory of Australia and India.[2]

The larvae feed on Litchi chinensis. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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