Acrocercops coffeifoliella

Acrocercops coffeifoliella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species: A. coffeifoliella
Binomial name
Acrocercops coffeifoliella
(Nietner, 1861)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria coffeifoliella Nietner, 1861
  • Acrocercops coffeifolella Paulian, 1950

Acrocercops coffeifoliella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia (Java), Réunion and Madagascar.[2]

The larvae feed on Coffea species. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ↑ Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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