Acrocercops serrigera Meyrick, 1915
| SUBFAMILY | Acrocercopinae |
| GENUS | Acrocercops |
| SPECIES | serrigera |
| AUTHOR | Meyrick, 1915 |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Acrocercops serrigera, n. sp. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | Peru, Lima, 500 ft, viii.1914, leg. Parish. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | Latitude: -12°2'46" Longitude: -77°2'34" |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Lectotype ♂, BMNH, genitalia slide BMNH 31204♂, designated by Landry (2006: 442, fig. 28), BMNH; in original description 34 syntypes (♂ and ♀) were mentioned, 12 of these as Paralectotypes in BMNH. |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Meyrick, E. 1915c. Descriptions of South American Micro-Lepidoptera. - Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1915(2):201-256. |
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Species pictures
Subspecies
| NAME | AUTHOR | STATUS |
| galapagosensis | Landry, 2006 | Subspecies |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Chile | Vargas, H. A., Vargas-Ortiz, M., Huanca-Mamani, W. & Bobadilla, D. 2013. First record of Acrocercops serrigera serrigera Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) from Chile. - Neotropical Entomology 42:112-114. | 112 | |
| Ecuador | Meyrick, E. 1915c. Descriptions of South American Micro-Lepidoptera. - Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1915(2):201-256. | 232 | |
| Ecuador | Galápagos Islands | Landry, B. 2006. The Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera, Gracillarioideae) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, with notes on some of their relatives. - Revue suisse de Zoologie 113(3):437-485. | 445 |
| Peru | Meyrick, E. 1915c. Descriptions of South American Micro-Lepidoptera. - Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1915(2):201-256. | 232 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Malvaceae | Malva nicaeensis | Chile | Vargas, H. A., Vargas-Ortiz, M., Huanca-Mamani, W. & Bobadilla, D. 2013. First record of Acrocercops serrigera serrigera Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) from Chile. - Neotropical Entomology 42:112-114. | 113 |
| Malvaceae | Waltheria ovata | Chile | Vargas, H. A., Vargas-Ortiz, M., Huanca-Mamani, W. & Bobadilla, D. 2013. First record of Acrocercops serrigera serrigera Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) from Chile. - Neotropical Entomology 42:112-114. | 113 |
* The larvae leave the mine to construct a pupal chamber after completing feeding activity (Vargas et al. 2013: 113).
