Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gracillariidae Scientific name Acrocercops terminalina | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Acrocercops Rank Species | |
Acrocercops terminalina is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe.
The larvae feed on Terminalia silozensis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large, irregular, transparent, whitish blotch-mine with purely epidermal areas, with some yellowish discoloration along the margin.
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