Acrocercops strigosa

Description

Acrocercops strigosa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Quebec and the United States (Kentucky, North Carolina, Maine and Vermont). The larvae feed on Quercus alba and Quercus prinus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a white gallery, which suddenly expands into a very large whitish blotch. Acrocercops is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.