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Melanocercops ficuvorella

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Melanocercops ficuvorella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Melanocercops
Species:
M. ficuvorella
Binomial name
Melanocercops ficuvorella
(Yazaki, 1926)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops ficuvorella Yazaki, 1926

Melanocercops ficuvorella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Guangdong, China, and from India and Japan (Shikoku, Honshū, the Amami Islands, Tusima, the Ryukyu Islands and Kyūshū).[2]

The wingspan is 6-8.2 mm.

The larvae feed on Ficus carica, Ficus erecta, Ficus hispida, Ficus microcarpa, Ficus nipponica, Ficus pumila, Ficus virens and Ficus virgata. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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