Acrocercops hoplocala | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Acrocercops |
Species: | A. hoplocala |
Binomial name | |
Acrocercops hoplocala (Meyrick, 1880)[1] |
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Acrocercops hoplocala is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from New South Wales and Queensland.[2]
The larvae feed on Eucalyptus botryoides and Eucalyptus robustus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a short linear mine which soon opens into a roughly circular botch.