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Leucocercops dasmophora

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Species of moth

Leucocercops dasmophora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Leucocercops
Species: L. dasmophora
Binomial name
Leucocercops dasmophora
(Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops dasmophora Meyrick, 1908

Leucocercops dasmophora is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.

The larvae feed on Parinari capensis. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Afrotropical Gracillariidae Archived 2012-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Leucocercops dasmophora


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