Acrocercops calycophthalma

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Acrocercops calycophthalma
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Template:Taxonomy/AcrocercopsAcrocercops calycophthalma

Acrocercops calycophthalma is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Maharashtra and Karnataka, India.[1]

The hostplant for the species is Terminalia bellirica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine under the upper cuticle of the leaves. There may be up to seven larvae feeding in one mine.

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Acrocercops calycophthalma Meyrick, 1926 at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae.


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