Acrocercops ficina Vári, 1961

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Permalink:	ACROFICI
Higher taxa:	Gracillariidae (family)/  Acrocercopinae (subfamily)/  Acrocercops (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Vári, 1961
Citation:	Acrocercops ficina spec. nov.
Original genus:	Acrocercops
Publication:	Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae.
Journal:	Transvaal Museum Memoir
Volume:	12
Issue:
Pagination:	160–161; pl. 17, fig. 7; pl. 62, fig. 7; pl. 99, fig. 2

Acrocercops ficina (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Acrocercops ficina Vári, 1961	Holotype	♂	TMSA	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide G7366, TMSA	South Africa	South Africa, Natal [KwaZulu-Natal], Umlazi District, Umgababa.
Acrocercops ficina Vári, 1961	Allotype	♀	TMSA	Allotype ♀, genitalia slide G7367, TMSA	South Africa	South Africa, Natal [KwaZulu-Natal], Umlazi District, Umgababa.
Acrocercops ficina Vári, 1961	Paratype	♂	TMSA	Paratypes 1♂ and 1♀, TMSA.	South Africa	South Africa, Natal [KwaZulu-Natal], Umlazi District, Umgababa.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Acrocercops ficina Vári, 1961	Namibia		Triberti, P. 2004. Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera, Gracillarioidea). In: Mey, W. (ed.): The Lepidoptera of the Brandberg Massif in Namibia. Part 1. page 80
Acrocercops ficina Vári, 1961	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. page 161

Plant note:

A moderate, irregular, whitish, epidermal blotch-mine on upperside of leaf.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Acrocercops ficina Vári, 1961	Ficus natalensis	Moraceae	South Africa	Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. page 161
Acrocercops ficina Vári, 1961	Ficus trichopoda	Moraceae	South Africa	Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. page 161
Acrocercops ficina Vári, 1961	Ficus trichopoda	Moraceae		Robinson, G. S., Ackery, P. R., Kitching, I. J., Beccaloni, G. W. & Hernández, L. M. 2010. HOSTS - a database of the hostplants of the world's Lepidoptera. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/hostplants. page HOSTS

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Acrocercops ficina (1)

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