Acrocercops vallata

Acrocercops vallata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū, Shikoku).[2]

Acrocercops vallata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species:
A. vallata
Binomial name
Acrocercops vallata
Kumata & Kuroko, 1988[1]

The wingspan is 7.5–8 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus acuta, Quercus glauca and Quercus salicina. 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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