Acrocercops praeclusa

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Acrocercops praeclusa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species:
A. praeclusa
Binomial name
Acrocercops praeclusa
Meyrick, 1914 [1]

Acrocercops praeclusa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Karnataka and Bihar, India, as well as Sri Lanka. [1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. [2] The hostplants for the species include Lannea coromandelica and Odina wodier .

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References

  1. 1 2 Acrocercops praeclusa Meyrick, 1914 at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae.
  2. Meyrick, E. 1914c. Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. XVIII. - Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23(1):118–130.