Acalyptris ecuadoriana

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Acalyptris ecuadoriana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Acalyptris
Species:
A. ecuadoriana
Binomial name
Acalyptris ecuadoriana
Puplesis & Diškus, 2002

Acalyptris ecuadoriana is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in the premontane Amazon rainforest in Ecuador.

The wingspan is 5.4–5.5 mm for males. Adults have been collected in January.


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