Leaf Blotch Miner Moth

Acrocercops brongniardella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species: A. brongniardella
Binomial name
Acrocercops brongniardella
Fabricius, 1798

The Leaf Blotch Miner Moth (Acrocercops brongniardella) is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found in Europe [1] and North America. In the USA it afflicts a variety of plants, for example the widely occurring Bay Laurel tree.[2]

The wingspan is 8-10 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus species.

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