Acrocercops transecta

Acrocercops transecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species: A. transecta
Binomial name
Acrocercops transecta
Meyrick, 1931[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops lyonella (Kuznetzov & Baryshnikova, 1998)
  • Acrocercops lyoniella Kuroko, 1982

Acrocercops transecta is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan (Hokkaidō, Honshū, Kyūshū, Shikoku, Tusima), Korea, the Russian Far East and Taiwan.[2]

The wingspan is 7.4-9.6 mm.

The larvae feed on Lyonia ovalifolia, Carya aquatica, Carya myrticiformis, Carya ovata, Juglans ailanthifolia, Juglans cinerea, Juglans cordiformis, Juglans hindsii, Juglans illinoensis, Juglans mandschurica, Juglans nigra, Juglans regia, Juglans sieboldiana, Platycarya strobilacea and Pterocarya rhoifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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