Acrocercops helicomitra Meyrick, 1924
SUBFAMILY | Acrocercopinae |
GENUS | Acrocercops |
SPECIES | helicomitra |
AUTHOR | Meyrick, 1924 |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Acrocercops helicomitra, n. sp. |
TYPE LOCALITY | Brazil, Bahia, 1924, leg. G. Bondar. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | Latitude: -11°24'35" Longitude: -41°16'51" |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | 14 syntypes (♂ and ♀), BMNH(E) 1405363 (with abdomen), BMNH. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Meyrick, E. 1924. Exotic Microlepidoptera. - Exotic Microlepidoptera (Marlborough) 3(3):65-96. |
PAGINATION | 85-86 |
Species pictures


Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Brazil | Meyrick, E. 1924. Exotic Microlepidoptera. - Exotic Microlepidoptera (Marlborough) 3(3):65-96. | 85-86 |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Malvaceae | Gossypium herbaceum | 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. - — . | HOSTS | |
Malvaceae | Gossypium sp. | Brazil | Meyrick, E. 1924. Exotic Microlepidoptera. - Exotic Microlepidoptera (Marlborough) 3(3):65-96. | 86 |