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Species of moth From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Acrocercops hormista is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India (Karnataka, Bihar) and Madagascar.[2]
Acrocercops hormista | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Acrocercops |
Species: | A. hormista |
Binomial name | |
Acrocercops hormista | |
This species has a wingspan of 10mm, head and thorax are whitish grey, abdomen grey. Forewings are narrowly allongated, pale greyish, irregularly irrorated with dark fuscous. Hindwings and cilia are grey.[3]
The larvae feed on Psiadia altissima, Psiadia dodonaeifolia, Cedrela toona and Toona ciliata. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
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