Leaf blotch miner moth

Species of 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

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

## References

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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
3. ^ 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

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

Leaf mine of Acrocercops brongniardella on an oak leaf

Taxon identifiers

Acrocercops brongniardella|

* Wikidata: Q6508826
* BioLib: 45569
* BOLD: 183400
* CoL: 64M8P
* EoL: 306173
* EUNIS: 299786
* Fauna Europaea: 433796
* Fauna Europaea (new): b6671708-7cb7-4b72-9a2e-f41b2b640d3e
* GBIF: 1751051
* iNaturalist: 702476
* IRMNG: 11326939
* LepIndex: 125689
* LoB: 5265
* MaBENA: AcrocBrong
* NBN: NHMSYS0000500964
* NCBI: 198963
* Observation.org: 20857
* Open Tree of Life: 714610
* PPE: acrocercops-brongniardella

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