Acrocercops vallata

Acrocercops vallata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species:
A. vallata
Binomial name
Acrocercops vallata
Kumata & Kuroko, 1988[1]

Acrocercops vallata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū, Shikoku).[2]

The wingspan is 7.5–8 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus acuta, Quercus glauca and Quercus salicina. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Japanese species of the Acrocercops-group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Part I
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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