Acrocercops combreticola

(Acrocercops combreticola)

Description

Acrocercops combreticola is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa. The larvae feed on Combretum apiculatum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large, irregular, oblong, transparent, whitish blotch-mine on the upperside of the leaf.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Gracillariidae
Genus:Acrocercops
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