Acrocercops melanoplecta Meyrick, 1908

SUBFAMILY	Acrocercopinae
GENUS	Acrocercops
SPECIES	melanoplecta
AUTHOR	Meyrick, 1908
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Acrocercops melanoplecta, n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITY	[India, Meghalaya], Khasi Hills.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	Latitude: 25°33'0" Longitude: 91°17'0"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	7 syntypes (♂ and ♀), BMNH.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Meyrick, E. 1908a. Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. VIII. - Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 18(4):806-832.
PAGINATION	823

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Hong Kong		Bai, H. Y., Li, H. H. & Kendrick, R. C. 2009. Microlepidoptera of Hong Kong: Checklist of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera: Gracillarioideae). - SHILAP, Revista de Lepidopterologia 37(148):495-509.	496
India	Meghalaya	Meyrick, E. 1908a. Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. VIII. - Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 18(4):806-832.	823
Japan	Honshū	Kumata, T., Kuroko, H. & Ermolaev, V. P. 1988a. Japanese species of the Acrocercops-group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Part I. - Insecta Matsumurana, N. S. 38:1-111.	43
Japan	Tusima	Kumata, T., Kuroko, H. & Ermolaev, V. P. 1988a. Japanese species of the Acrocercops-group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Part I. - Insecta Matsumurana, N. S. 38:1-111.	43
Japan	Nansei Shoto (Ryūkyū Islands)	Kumata, T., Kuroko, H. & Ermolaev, V. P. 1988a. Japanese species of the Acrocercops-group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Part I. - Insecta Matsumurana, N. S. 38:1-111.	43
Nepal		Kumata, T., Kuroko, H. & Ermolaev, V. P. 1988a. Japanese species of the Acrocercops-group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Part I. - Insecta Matsumurana, N. S. 38:1-111.	43
Taiwan, Province of China		Kumata, T., Kuroko, H. & Ermolaev, V. P. 1988a. Japanese species of the Acrocercops-group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Part I. - Insecta Matsumurana, N. S. 38:1-111.	43

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Fagaceae	Castanopsis cuspidata	Japan	Kumata, T., Kuroko, H. & Ermolaev, V. P. 1988a. Japanese species of the Acrocercops-group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Part I. - Insecta Matsumurana, N. S. 38:1-111.	43
Fagaceae	Castanopsis fissa	Hong Kong	Robinson, G. S., Ackery, P. R., Kitching, I. J., Beccaloni, G. W. & Hernández, L. M. 2001. Hostplants of the moth and butterfly caterpillars of the Oriental Region. - — :1-744.	21
Fagaceae	Castanopsis hystrix	Taiwan	Kumata, T., Kuroko, H. & Ermolaev, V. P. 1988a. Japanese species of the Acrocercops-group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Part I. - Insecta Matsumurana, N. S. 38:1-111.	43
Fagaceae	Castanopsis tribuloides	Nepal	Kumata, T., Kuroko, H. & Ermolaev, V. P. 1988a. Japanese species of the Acrocercops-group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Part I. - Insecta Matsumurana, N. S. 38:1-111.	43

Species Parasitoids

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Braconidae	Mirax sii	Japan	Maeto, K. 1995. The genus Mirax (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Miracinae) from Japan. - Japanese Journal of Entomology 63(3):649-656.	655
Eulophidae	Mestocharella tenuicornis	Japan	Kamijo, K. 1994. A revision of Mestocharella (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), with descriptions of six new species. - Japanese Journal of Entomology 62(4):747-762.	755