Acrocercops melanoplecta

Acrocercops melanoplecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species: A. melanoplecta
Binomial name
Acrocercops melanoplecta
Meyrick, 1908[1]

Acrocercops melanoplecta is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Hong Kong, India (Meghalaya), Japan (Honshū, Tusima and the Ryukyu Islands), Nepal and Taiwan.[2]

The wingspan is 7-10.8 mm.

The larvae feed on Castanopsis cuspidata, Castanopsis fissa, Castanopsis hystrix and Castanopsis tribuloides. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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