Acrocercops hormista
| Acrocercops hormista | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Acrocercops |
| Species: | A. hormista |
| Binomial name | |
| Acrocercops hormista Meyrick, 1916[1] | |
Acrocercops hormista is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India (Karnataka, Bihar) and Madagascar.[2]
This species has a wingspan of 10mm, head and thorax are whitish grey, abdomen grey. Forewings are narrowly allongated, pale greyish, irregularly irrorated with dark fuscous. Hindwings and cilia are grey.[3]
The larvae feed on Psiadia altissima, Psiadia dodonaeifolia, Cedrela toona and Toona ciliata. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
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