Leucocercops dasmophora

Leucocercops dasmophora is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.[2]

Leucocercops dasmophora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Leucocercops
Species:
L. dasmophora
Binomial name
Leucocercops dasmophora
(Meyrick, 1908)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops dasmophora Meyrick, 1908

The larvae feed on Parinari capensis. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. Afrotropical Gracillariidae Archived 2012-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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