Acrocercops ochnifolii
| Acrocercops ochnifolii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Acrocercops |
| Species: | A. ochnifolii |
| Binomial name | |
| Acrocercops ochnifolii Vári, 1961[1] | |
Acrocercops ochnifolii is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.[2]
The larvae feed on Ochna natalitia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregularly oblong, pale ochreous, transparent blotch-mine, with epidermal parts along the margin.
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