Acrocercops rhothiastis

Acrocercops rhothiastis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species: A. rhothiastis
Binomial name
Acrocercops rhothiastis
Meyrick, 1921[1]

Acrocercops rhothiastis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Nigeria.[2]

The larvae feed on Bridelia micrantha. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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