Acrocercops plebeia (Turner, 1894)
 Wattle Leaf Miner
(previously known as Gracilaria plebeia)
GRACILLARIINAE,   GRACILLARIIDAE,   GRACILLARIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Dianne Clarke, Mapleton, Queensland)

These Caterpillars feed in mines nibbled between the upper and lower surfaces of phyllodes of

  • various Wattles ( Acacia species, MIMOSACEAE ).

    The adult moths have forewings that are brown with gold markings and white streaks. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

    The species has been found in Australia in

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria, and
  • Western Australia.

    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Descriptions of Micro-lepidoptera from Moreton Bay,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 18 (1894), p. 131.

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    (written 19 June 2016, updated 12 October 2020)