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Acrocercops syzygiena Vári, 1961

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Higher taxa:	Gracillariidae (family)/ Acrocercopinae (subfamily)/ Acrocercops (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Vári, 1961
Citation:	Acrocercops syzygiena spec. nov.
Original genus:	Acrocercops
Publication:	Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae.
Journal:	Transvaal Museum Memoir
Volume:	12
Issue:
Pagination:	156; pl. 17, fig. 3; pl. 62, fig. 3; pl. 98, fig. 3

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Acrocercops syzygiena (1)

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Acrocercops syzygiena Vári, 1961	Holotype	♂	TMSA	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide G7158♂, TMSA	South Africa	South Africa, Transvaal [Limpopo], Soutpansberg District, Louis Trichardt.
Acrocercops syzygiena Vári, 1961	Allotype	♀	TMSA	Allotype ♀, genitalia slide G7159♀, TMSA.	South Africa	South Africa, Transvaal [Limpopo], Soutpansberg District, Louis Trichardt.

GenBank Accession Number	Publication
AEC2932	Triberti, P., Staude, H., Sharp, I. & Lopez-Vaamonde, C. 2024. Exploring the diversity of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) in South Africa: host plants, distribution, and DNA barcoding analysis, with the description of nine new species. page 3

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Acrocercops syzygiena Vári, 1961	South Africa	Limpopo	Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. page 156

Plant note:

A large, irregular, semi-transparent blotch-mine, reddish-brown mixed with blackish above, underside brownish.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Acrocercops syzygiena Vári, 1961	Syzygium cordatum	Myrtaceae	South Africa	Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. page 156
Acrocercops syzygiena Vári, 1961	Syzygium guineense	Myrtaceae	South Africa	Triberti, P., Staude, H., Sharp, I. & Lopez-Vaamonde, C. 2024. Exploring the diversity of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) in South Africa: host plants, distribution, and DNA barcoding analysis, with the description of nine new species. page 16

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination