Biology:Acrocercops bifrenis

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Short description: Species of moth

Acrocercops bifrenis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species:
A. bifrenis
Binomial name
Acrocercops bifrenis
Meyrick, 1918[1]

Acrocercops bifrenis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Maharashtra and Karnataka, India .[1]

The hostplant for the species is Calycopteris floribunda. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a rather long blotch under the upper cuticle of the leaf.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Acrocercops bifrenis Meyrick, 1918 at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae.

Wikidata ☰ Q4675371 entry