Acrocercops leucophaea

Acrocercops leucophaea is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Uttarakhand and Assam, India and Nepal.[1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1919.[2] The hostplants for the species include Lyonia ovalifolia and Engelhardia spicata.

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

References

  1. Acrocercops leucophaea Meyrick, 1919 at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae.
  2. Meyrick, E. 1919. Exotic Microlepidoptera. - Exotic Microlepidoptera (Marlborough) 2(8):225–256.


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