Acrocercops bifrenis
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| Acrocercops bifrenis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Acrocercops |
| Species: | A. bifrenis |
| Binomial name | |
| Acrocercops bifrenis | |
Acrocercops bifrenis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Maharashtra and Karnataka, India.[1]
The hostplant for the species is Calycopteris floribunda. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a rather long blotch under the upper cuticle of the leaf.