Acrocercops tacita

Acrocercops tacita is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Greece (including the Peloponnisos and Rhodes) and Lebanon.

Acrocercops tacita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species:
A. tacita
Binomial name
Acrocercops tacita
Triberti, 2001[1]

The larvae feed on Quercus coccifera. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine on the underside of the leaf.[2]

References

  1. "Acrocercops tacita Triberti, 2001". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
  2. "Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)". www.gracillariidae.net. Retrieved 2021-05-07.


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