Acrocercops malvacea is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, 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.

Acrocercops malvacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species:
A. malvacea
Binomial name
Acrocercops malvacea
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops malveus Caradja, 1920

References edit

  1. ^ a b 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.