Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gracillariidae Scientific name Acrocercops syzygiena | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Acrocercops Rank Species | |
Acrocercops syzygiena is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.
The larvae feed on Syzygium cordatum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large, irregular, semi-transparent blotch-mine, reddish-brown mixed with blackish above, the underside is brownish.
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