Schedocercops maeruae

Schedocercops maeruae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Schedocercops
Species: S. maeruae
Binomial name
Schedocercops maeruae
Vári, 1961[1]

Schedocercops maeruae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.[2]

The larvae feed on Maerua racemulosa. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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