Melanocercops elaphopa

Melanocercops elaphopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Melanocercops
Species: M. elaphopa
Binomial name
Melanocercops elaphopa
(Meyrick, 1914)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops elaphopa Meyrick, 1914

Melanocercops elaphopa is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Karnataka, India, and from Nepal.[2]

The larvae feed on Ficus species, including Ficus asperrima, Ficus palmatus and Ficus religiosa. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a small irregular gallery ending in a blotch beneath the upper surface of the leaf.

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