Acrocercops albinatella

Acrocercops albinatella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Quebec and the United States (including Maryland, New York, Maine, Georgia, Florida, Missouri, Ohio, Kentucky and Texas).[1]

Acrocercops albinatella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species:
A. albinatella
Binomial name
Acrocercops albinatella
(Chambers, 1872)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops albanotella (Chambers, 1877)
  • Acrocercops albinotella Meyrick, 1912

Adults are on wing in late June and early July in central Illinois.[2]

The hostplants for the species include Quercus alba, Quercus laevis, Quercus obtusiloba, Quercus rubra, and Quercus stellata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a long, winding, Nepticulid-like mine ending in a large, tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf.

References

  1. Acrocercops albinatella (Chambers, 1872) at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae.
  2. microleps.org


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