Acrocercops tetradeta

Acrocercops tetradeta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species: A. tetradeta
Binomial name
Acrocercops tetradeta
Meyrick, 1926

Acrocercops tetradeta is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Singapore and India (Karnataka and Maharashtra).[1]

The larvae feed on Ixora coccinea. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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