Acrocercops chionosema

Macadamia leaf miner
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species:
A. chionosema
Binomial name
Acrocercops chionosema
Turner, 1940[1]

Acrocercops chionosema (macadamia leaf miner) is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Queensland and New South Wales, Australia.[2]

The wingspan is about 6 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Macadamia species (including Macadamia integrifolia and Macadamia tetraphylla) and Stenocarpus species (including Stenocarpus salignus). They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Australian Faunal Directory
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  3. ^ "Australian Insects". Archived from the original on 2012-08-17. Retrieved 2010-11-05.


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