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Acrocercops arbutella

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Acrocercops arbutella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species:
A. arbutella
Binomial name
Acrocercops arbutella
Braun, 1925[1]

Acrocercops arbutella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Arizona, United States.[1]

The host plant for the species is Arbutus arizonica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large upper side blotch mine. The loosened epidermis of the mine is very thin and whitish at first. Later it turns brownish. The parenchyma is either almost entirely consumed over about half the mine, or irregularly eaten over the whole mine.

References

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  1. ^ a b Acrocercops arbutella Braun, 1925 at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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