Acrocercops ficina is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Namibia.[2]
| Acrocercops ficina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Acrocercops |
| Species: | A. ficina |
| Binomial name | |
| Acrocercops ficina Vári, 1961[1] | |
The larvae feed on Ficus hippopotami, Ficus natalensis and Ficus trichopoda. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregular, whitish, epidermal blotch-mine on the upperside of the leaf.
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