Melanocercops ficuvorella

Melanocercops ficuvorella
Melanocercops ficuvorella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Melanocercops
Species: M. ficuvorella
Binomial name
Melanocercops ficuvorella
(Yazaki, 1926)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops ficuvorella Yazaki, 1926

Melanocercops ficuvorella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from China (Guangdong), India and Japan (Shikoku, Honshū, the Amami Islands, Tusima, the Ryukyu Islands and Kyūshū).[2]

The wingspan is 6-8.2 mm.

The larvae feed on Ficus carica, Ficus erecta, Ficus hispida, Ficus microcarpa, Ficus nipponica, Ficus pumila, Ficus virens and Ficus virgata. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Japanese Species Of The Acrocercops-Group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part II
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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