Acrocercops mantica

Acrocercops mantica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China (Guangdong), Hong Kong, India (Meghalaya), Indonesia (Java), Japan (Tusima, the Ryukyu Islands, Honshū, Shikoku, Kyūshū), Korea and Nepal.[2]

Acrocercops mantica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species:
A. mantica
Binomial name
Acrocercops mantica
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops delographa Meyrick, 1939

The wingspan is 7.8-10.2 mm.

The larvae feed on Castanopsis cuspidata, Castanopsis lamontii, Castanopsis sieboldii and Castanopsis tribuloides. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. Japanese species of the Acrocercops-group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Part I
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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