Acrocercops calycophthalma is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Maharashtra and Karnataka, India.[1]
Acrocercops calycophthalma | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Acrocercops |
Species: | A. calycophthalma |
Binomial name | |
Acrocercops calycophthalma Meyrick, 1926[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.
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