Acrocercops macrochalca

Acrocercops macrochalca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Acrocercops
Species:	A. macrochalca
Binomial name
	Acrocercops macrochalca; Meyrick, 1910[1]

Acrocercops macrochalca is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Mauritius.[2]

This species has a wingspan of 10mm, the head, thorax & palpi are white, abdomen light ochreous-grey. The forewings are very narrowly elongated, golden-orange fulvous with three snow-white spots. Hindwings are pale fuscous[3]

References

Afrotropical Gracillariidae Archived 2012-08-28 at the Wayback Machine
Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Meyrick, E. 1910a. Descriptions of Micro-Lepidoptera from Mauritius and Chagos Isles. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1910(3):373–374.

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[1] Afrotropical Gracillariidae Archived 2012-08-28 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)

[3] Meyrick, E. 1910a. Descriptions of Micro-Lepidoptera from Mauritius and Chagos Isles. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1910(3):373–374.