Acrocercops mantica

{{Short description|Species of moth}}

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| name = Acrocercops mantica

| taxon = Acrocercops mantica

| authority = Meyrick, 1908[http://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2115/9841/1/38_p1-111.pdf Japanese species of the Acrocercops-group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Part I]

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|Acrocercops delographa|Meyrick, 1939

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Acrocercops mantica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China (Guangdong), Hong Kong, India (Meghalaya), Indonesia (Java), Japan (Tusima, the Ryukyu Islands, Honshū, Shikoku, Kyūshū), Korea and Nepal.[http://www.gracillariidae.net/species_by_code/ACROMANT Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)]

The wingspan is 7.8-10.2 mm.

The larvae feed on Castanopsis cuspidata, Castanopsis lamontii, Castanopsis sieboldii and Castanopsis tribuloides. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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