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Brown Oak Slender
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Brown Oak Slender

Acrocercops brongniardella

The leaf blotch miner moth (Acrocercops brongniardella) is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in Europe, including Turkey.

The wingspan is 8–10 mm. The moth has light to dark brown forewings with a pure white pattern of oblique bars edged with black. The cilia are grey. The head is brownish. The antennae are longer than forewing length. The hindwings are brownish-grey. Meyrick describes it " O. brongniardellum, F. 8-10 mm. Posterior tibiae bristly above. Forewings fuscous, sprinkled with yellow-whitish; four slender oblique white fasciae, edged with black, more strongly anteriorly, last three interrupted near dorsum; a black projecting hook in apical cilia. Hindwings dark grey. Larva pale whitish-green; dorsal line darker; head pale brown: in blotches in leaves of oak; 6,7. "

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