Acrocercops siphonaula

Acrocercops siphonaula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species: A. siphonaula
Binomial name
Acrocercops siphonaula
Meyrick, 1931[1]

Acrocercops siphonaula is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Sierra Leone.[2]

The larvae feed on Cola species, including Cola nitida. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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