Acrocercops scandalota

Acrocercops scandalota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species: A. scandalota
Binomial name
Acrocercops scandalota
Meyrick, 1914

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

The larvae feed on Mallotus philippinensis and Helicteres isora. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch beneath the upper cuticle of the leaves. Several larvae are found in one mine.

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