Acrocercops karachiella

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Acrocercops karachiella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species:
A. karachiella
Binomial name
Acrocercops karachiella
Amsel, 1968 [1]

Acrocercops karachiella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Pakistan. [1] It was described by H.G. Amsel in 1968. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Acrocercops karachiella Amsel, 1968 at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae.
  2. Amsel, H. G. 1968. Zur Kenntnis der Microlepidopterenfauna von Karachi (Pakistan). - Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (191):1–48, pls.1–12.