''Acrocercops tetradeta'' is a
moth of the family
Gracillariidae. It is known from
Singapore and
India (Karnataka and Maharashtra).
Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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The larvae feed on ''Ixora coccinea
''Ixora coccinea'' (also known as jungle geranium, flame of the woods or jungle flame or pendkuli) is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a common flowering shrub native to Southern India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. It h ...
''. They probably mine
Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to:
Extraction or digging
* Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging
*Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine
Grammar
*Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun
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the leaves of their host plant.
References
tetradeta
Moths of Asia
Moths of Singapore
Moths described in 1926
Taxa named by Edward Meyrick
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