Acrocercops sporograpta

Acrocercops sporograpta is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India (Maharashtra).[1]

Acrocercops sporograpta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species:
A. sporograpta
Binomial name
Acrocercops sporograpta
Meyrick, 1932

The larvae feed on Litsea stocksii. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large oblong opaque blotch under the upper cuticle of the leaf.

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