Acrocercops alysidota

Wattle miner
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species:
A. alysidota
Binomial name
Acrocercops alysidota
(Meyrick, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria alysidota Meyrick, 1880
  • Acrocercops citharoda (Meyrick, 1916)
  • Parectopa citharoda

Acrocercops alysidota (wattle miner) is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Southern Australia and Western Australia as well as New Zealand.[2]

mine

The larvae feed on Acacia longifolia, Acacia melanoxylon, Acacia pycnantha and Acacia saligna. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Australian Faunal Directory
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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