Acrocercops cocciferellum

Acrocercops cocciferellum is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from France, Spain and Tunisia.

Acrocercops cocciferellum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species:
A. cocciferellum
Binomial name
Acrocercops cocciferellum
(Chrétien, 1910)[1]
Synonyms
  • Coriscium cocciferellum Chrétien, 1910

The larvae feed on Quercus coccifera. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine on underside of the leaf.[2]

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