Acrocercops albomarginatum (Walsingham, 1897)

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SUBFAMILY Acrocercopinae
GENUSAcrocercops
SPECIES albomarginatum
AUTHOR(Walsingham, 1897)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONCoriscium albomarginatum, sp. n.
TYPE LOCALITY[Virgin Islands], Danish W. Indies, S[ain]t Thomas, 12.iii.1894.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES Latitude: 18°19'60" Longitude: -64°64'60"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, BMNH(E) 1407636, coll. Walsingham, genitalia slide BMNH 31203♂ (see Landry 2006: 442), BMNH; 4 more specimens mentioned [not included in type series].
STATUSSpecies
PUBLICATION Walsingham, Lord (Thomas de Grey) 1897. Revision of the West-Indian Micro-Lepidoptera with descriptions of new species. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1897(1):54-183.
PAGINATION 154 Bhl

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Cuba   Busck, A. [1934]. Microlepidoptera of Cuba. - Entomologica Americana 13 (1933)(4):151-217, 7 pls. 183
Puerto Rico   Forbes, W. T. M. 1930. Insects of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Heterocera or moths (excepting the Noctuidae, Geometridae, and Pyralididae [sic]). - Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands 12(1):1-172, 2 pls. 142
Virgin Islands, U.S. Saint Thomas Walsingham, Lord (Thomas de Grey) 1897. Revision of the West-Indian Micro-Lepidoptera with descriptions of new species. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1897(1):54-183. 154

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATION PAGE
Fabaceae Centrosema plumieri Cuba Busck, A. [1934]. Microlepidoptera of Cuba. - Entomologica Americana 13 (1933)(4):151-217, 7 pls. 182
Malvaceae Sida rhombifolia   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. - — .  

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