Leaf blotch miner moth

Acrocercops brongniardella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species: A. brongniardella
Binomial name
Acrocercops brongniardella
Fabricius, 1798
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops infuscatus Caradja, 1920
  • Elachista curtisella Duponchel, [1840]
  • Acrocercops disconigrellum Klemensiewicz, 1899
  • Coriscium qercetellum Zeller, 1839
  • Elachista quercetella Duponchel, [1843]
  • Coriscium quercetellum Zeller, 1847
  • Gracillaria substriga Haworth, 1828

The leaf blotch miner moth (Acrocercops brongniardella) is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found in Europe, including Turkey.[1]

The wingspan is 8–10 mm and the moths can be found in any month, probably in one extended brood.[2]

Larva

The larvae feed on Quercus species including holm oak (Quercus ilex), feeding gregariously in the upper epidermis making conspicous white blotches.[2]

Leaf mine of Acrocercops brongniardella on an oak leaf

References

  1. ↑ Markku Savela (5 November 2001). "Acrocercops genus". funet.fi. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 Sterling, Phil; Parsons, Mark; Lewington, Richard (2012). Field Guide to the Micromoths of Great Britain and Ireland. Gillingham, Dorset: British Wildlife Publishing. p. 88.
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