| Permalink: | ACROGOSS |
| Higher taxa: | Gracillariidae (family)/ Acrocercopinae (subfamily)/ Acrocercops (genus)/ |
| Status: | Accepted |
| Authorship: | Vári, 1961 |
| Citation: | Acrocercops gossypii spec. nov. |
| Original genus: | Acrocercops |
| Publication: | Vári, L. 1955. South African Lepidoptera 1. Descriptions of new leafmining Tineina. |
| Journal: | Annals of the Transvaal Museum |
| Volume: | 22 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Pagination: | 158–159; pl. 17, fig. 6; pl. 35, fig. 5; pl. 62, fig. 5; pl. 99, fig. 1 |
| Scientific name | TypeStatus | Gender | Museum | Description | Country | Locality | Publication | URL |
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| Acrocercops gossypii Vári, 1961 | Holotype | ♂ | TMSA | Holotype ♂, genitalia slide G7656♂, TMSA | South Africa | South Africa, Transvaal [Mpumalanga], Barberton. | ||
| Acrocercops gossypii Vári, 1961 | Allotype | ♀ | TMSA | Allotype ♀, genitalia slide G7654♀, TMSA | South Africa | South Africa, Transvaal [Mpumalanga], Barberton. | ||
| Acrocercops gossypii Vári, 1961 | Paratype | ♂ | ZMHB | Paratypes 18♂ and 10♀, genitalia slides G6635, G6636, G6642, TMSA, ZMHB. | South Africa | South Africa, Transvaal [Mpumalanga], Barberton. |
| Scientific name | Country | Province | Publication | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acrocercops gossypii Vári, 1961 | Cameroon | North Province | Sruoga, V. & De Prins, J. 2023. New species, new country distribution records, and a new generic combination of Afrotropical Acrocercopinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). page 81 | |
| Acrocercops gossypii Vári, 1961 | South Africa | Mpumalanga | Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. page 159 | |
| Acrocercops gossypii Vári, 1961 | South Africa | North-West | Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. page 159 | |
| Acrocercops gossypii Vári, 1961 | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. page 159 |
A large, irregular, transparent blotch-mine, with yellowish-brown discolorations and whitish margin. Data of Gossypium hirsutum taken from the label under a specimen in TMSA.
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