Acrocercops quinquistrigella

Acrocercops quinquistrigella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the United States (Kentucky, Texas, Florida and Georgia).[1]

Acrocercops quinquistrigella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species:
A. quinquistrigella
Binomial name
Acrocercops quinquistrigella
(Chambers, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops quinquestrigella (Chambers, 1877)
  • Acrocercops quniquestrigella (Dyar, [1903])

The larvae feed on Sida rhombifolia. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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