''Acrocercops unistriata'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

of the family

Gracillariidae Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, ''Cameraria ...

. It is known from

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

(Guangdong, Zhejiang),

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

(Tusima, Honshū, the Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku),

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

and

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

.Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
/ref> The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ...

is 6.5–9.4 mm. The

larva A larva (; : larvae ) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into their next life stage. Animals with indirect development such as insects, some arachnids, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase ...

e feed on ''

Castanopsis indica ''Castanopsis indica'' is a tree in the family Fagaceae. Description ''Castanopsis indica'' is a tallish tree, growing up around in height with a dense, full crown. The leaves are thick and leathery with a serrated edge. They are oblong and ell ...

'', '' Castanopsis lanata'', ''

Lithocarpus glaber ''Lithocarpus glaber'', the Japanese oak, is a tree species in the genus ''Lithocarpus'' found in Japan, China and Taiwan. Mitami Shrine, a Shinto shrine in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, is famous locally for its comparatively large populatio ...

'', ''

Quercus acuta ''Quercus acuta'', the Japanese evergreen oak, is an oak native to Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and China's Guizhou Province and Guangdong Province. It is placed in subgenus ''Cerris'', section ''Cyclobalanopsis''. Description Due to its foliag ...

'', ''

Quercus acutissima ''Quercus acutissima'', the sawtooth oak, is an Asian species of oak native to China, Tibet, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Siberia, Mongolia, Bangladesh, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Brunei, Indochina (Vietnam, Thailand, ...

'', ''

Quercus glauca ''Quercus glauca'' ( syn. ''Cyclobalanopsis glauca''), commonly called ring-cupped oak or Japanese blue oak, is a tree in the beech family (Fagaceae). It is native to eastern and southern Asia, where it is found in Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, nor ...

'', ''

Quercus pachyloma ''Quercus pachyloma'' is an Asian species of tree in the beech family Fagaceae. It is native to southern China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Yunnan Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in South ...

'', ''

Quercus phillyraeoides ''Quercus phillyreoides'' is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Quercus'', placed in subgenus ''Cerris'' and section ''Ilex''. It is evergreen, withstands frost and can be grown in hardiness zone 7. It is native to southern China, the ...

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Quercus serrata ''Quercus serrata'', the jolcham oak (, Japanese: ), is an East Asian species of tree in the beech family. It is native to China, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea. Description ''Quercus serrata'' is a deciduous oak tree reaching a height of occupying ...

'' and ''

Quercus sessilifolia ''Quercus sessilifolia'' is an Asian species of trees in the beech family Fagaceae The Fagaceae (; ) are a family of flowering plants that includes beeches, chestnuts and oaks, and comprises eight genera with around 1,000 or more species. Fag ...

''. They

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the leaves of their host plant.

References

unistriata Moths of Asia Moths described in 1986 {{Acrocercops-stub