Acrocercops argentigera

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Acrocercops argentigera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species:
A. argentigera
Binomial name
Acrocercops argentigera
Diakonoff, 1955 [1]

Acrocercops argentigera is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Papua New Guinea. [1] It was described by A. Diakonoff in 1955. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Acrocercops argentigera Diakonoff, 1955 at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae.
  2. Diakonoff, A. 1955. Microlepidoptera of New Guinea. Results of the third Archbold Expedition (American- Netherlands Indian Expedition 1938-1939). Part V. - Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeling Natuurkunde (2) 50(3):1–210.