Acrocercops ficina
| Acrocercops ficina | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Acrocercops |
| Species: | A. ficina |
| Binomial name | |
| Acrocercops ficina Vári, 1961[1] | |
Acrocercops ficina is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa and Namibia.[2]
The larvae feed on Ficus hippopotami, Ficus natalensis and Ficus trichopoda. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregular, whitish, epidermal blotch-mine on the upperside of the leaf.