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Acrocercops gossypii

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Species of moth

Acrocercops gossypii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species: A. gossypii
Binomial name
Acrocercops gossypii
VΓ‘ri, 1961

Acrocercops gossypii is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.

The larvae feed on Gossypium herbaceum and Gossypium hirsutum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Acrocercops gossypii


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