Acrocercops unistriata

Acrocercops unistriata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China (Guangdong, Zhejiang), Hong Kong, Japan (Tusima, Honshū, the Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku), Nepal and Taiwan.[2]

Acrocercops unistriata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species:
A. unistriata
Binomial name
Acrocercops unistriata
Yuan, 1986[1]

The wingspan is 6.5–9.4 mm.

The larvae feed on Castanopsis indica, Castanopsis lanata, Lithocarpus glaber, Quercus acuta, Quercus acutissima, Quercus glauca, Quercus pachyloma, Quercus phillyraeoides, Quercus serrata and Quercus sessilifolia. 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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