Acrocercops melantherella
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Species of moth
| Acrocercops melantherella | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Acrocercops |
| Species: | A. melantherella
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| Binomial name | |
| Acrocercops melantherella Busck, 1934
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Acrocercops melantherella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Cuba.[1]
The larvae feed on Melanthera aspera and Melanthera deltoidea . They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
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