Acrocercops gossypii

Acrocercops gossypii is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.[2]

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
Vári, 1961[1]

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

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