Leaf blotch miner moth

Leaf blotch miner moth
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Acrocercops
Species:	A. brongniardella
Binomial name
	Acrocercops brongniardella; Fabricius, 1798
Synonyms
	List 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 family Gracillariidae. It is found in Europe, including Turkey.^[1]

The wingspan is 8–10 mm The moth has light to dark brown forewings with a pure white pattern of oblique bars edged with black. ^[2]The adults sit with their front legs stretched out to hold the head and thorax slanted up. The moths can be found in any month, probably in one extended brood.^[3]

Larva

The larvae feed on Quercus species including holm oak (Quercus ilex), feeding gregariously in the upper epidermis making conspicuous white blotches.^[3]

References

^ Markku Savela (5 November 2001). "Acrocercops genus". funet.fi. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
^ Kuznetsov V.I., 1990 Gracillariidae ; in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR, Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 2 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987
^ ^a ^b Sterling, Phil; Parsons, Mark; Lewington, Richard (2012). Field Guide to the Micromoths of Great Britain and Ireland. Gillingham, Dorset: British Wildlife Publishing. p. 88.

External links

Lepiforum.de
UK Moths
Media related to Acrocercops brongniardella at Wikimedia Commons

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[1] Markku Savela (5 November 2001). "Acrocercops genus". funet.fi. Retrieved 23 August 2016.

[2] Kuznetsov V.I., 1990 Gracillariidae ; in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR, Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 2 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987

[sterling-3] 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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