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Acrocercops homalacta

(Acrocercops homalacta)

Description

Acrocercops homalacta is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Guadalcanal and Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands, as well as Samoa. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1927. This species is closely allied to the Indian Acrocercops cathedraea and the African Acrocercops bifasciata.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Gracillariidae
Genus:Acrocercops
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