Acrocercops malvacea

Acrocercops malvacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species: A. malvacea
Binomial name
Acrocercops malvacea
Walsingham, 1907[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops malveus Caradja, 1920

Acrocercops malvacea is a moth of the Gracillariidae family, known from Morocco.[1] It was described by Walsingham, Lord Thomas de Grey, in 1907.[2] The hostplant for the species is Lavatera olbia and Malva species.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Acrocercops malvacea Walsingham, 1907 at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae.
  2. Walsingham, Lord (Thomas de Grey) 1908b. Microlepidoptera of Tenerife. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1907:911–1034, pls. 51–53.