Acrocercops pnosmodiella

Acrocercops pnosmodiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species: A. pnosmodiella
Binomial name
Acrocercops pnosmodiella
(Busck, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops onosmodiella Meyrick, 1912

The marbleseed leafminer (Acrocercops pnosmodiella) is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Québec, Canada, and Colorado and California in the United States).[1]

The larvae feed on Onosmodium species, including Onosmodium carolinianum and Onosmodium molle. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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