Melanocercops
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Melanocercops is a genus of moth
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Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s in the family Gracillariidae
Gracillariidae
Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella....
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Species
- Melanocercops cyclopaMelanocercops cyclopaMelanocercops cyclopa is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India ....
(Meyrick, 1908) - Melanocercops desiccataMelanocercops desiccataMelanocercops desiccata is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India and Sri Lanka.The larvae feed on Ficus glomerata and Ficus racemosa. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant....
(Meyrick, 1916) - Melanocercops elaphopaMelanocercops elaphopaMelanocercops elaphopa is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India and Nepal.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...
(Meyrick, 1914) - Melanocercops ficuvorellaMelanocercops ficuvorellaMelanocercops ficuvorella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from China , India and Japan .The wingspan is 6-8.2 mm....
(Yazaki, 1926) - Melanocercops melanommataMelanocercops melanommataMelanocercops melanommata is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Queensland....
(Turner, 1913) - Melanocercops phractopaMelanocercops phractopaMelanocercops phractopa is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India and Japan .The wingspan is 5.2-6.8 mm....
(Meyrick, 1918)