Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gracillariidae Scientific name Acrocercops chrysophylli | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Acrocercops Rank Species | |
Acrocercops chrysophylli is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.
The larvae feed on Chrysophyllum gorungosanum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregular, pale ochreous, transparent blotch-mine, with a long, narrow, epidermal gallery on the upperside of the leaf.
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