Acrocercops defigurata Meyrick, 1928
SUBFAMILY | Acrocercopinae |
GENUS | Acrocercops |
SPECIES | defigurata |
AUTHOR | Meyrick, 1928 |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Acrocercops defigurata, n. sp. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [India], Assam, Shillong, 5000 ft. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | Latitude: 25°34'56" Longitude: 91°53'40" |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, BMNH. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Meyrick, E. 1928a. Exotic Microlepidoptera. - Exotic Microlepidoptera (Marlborough) 3(13):385-416. |
PAGINATION | 407 |
Species pictures


Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
India | Assam | Meyrick, E. 1928a. Exotic Microlepidoptera. - Exotic Microlepidoptera (Marlborough) 3(13):385-416. | 407 |
Nepal | Ohshima, I. & Yoshizawa, K. 2006. Multiple host shifts between distantly related plants, juglandaceae & Ericaceae, in the leaf-mining moth Acrocercops leucophaea complex (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38(1):231-240. | 233 |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Juglandaceae | Juglans regia | Nepal | Ohshima, I. & Yoshizawa, K. 2006. Multiple host shifts between distantly related plants, juglandaceae & Ericaceae, in the leaf-mining moth Acrocercops leucophaea complex (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38(1):231-240. | 233 |