Acrocercops albomarginatum (Walsingham, 1897)
SUBFAMILY | Acrocercopinae |
GENUS | Acrocercops |
SPECIES | albomarginatum |
AUTHOR | (Walsingham, 1897) |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Coriscium 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]. |
STATUS | Species |
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
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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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