Acrocercops laciniella

Blackbutt leafminer
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species:
A. laciniella
Binomial name
Acrocercops laciniella
(Meyrick, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria laciniella Meyrick, 1880

Acrocercops laciniella (blackbutt leafminer) is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. In Australia, it is known from the states of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. It is also known from India[2] and was found in New Zealand in 1999, establishing itself in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions by February 2001 through Eucalyptus nitens plantations[3].

References

  1. ^ Australian Faunal Directory
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  3. ^ "NZ Farm Forestry - Introduced leafminer spreading in stands of Eucalyptus nitens". www.nzffa.org.nz. Retrieved 2026-02-02.