Acrocercops praesecta

Acrocercops praesecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Acrocercops
Species: A. praesecta
Binomial name
Acrocercops praesecta
Meyrick, 1922[1]

Acrocercops praesecta is a moth of the Gracillariidae family, known from Fiji.[1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922.[2] The hostplants for the species include Ipomoea batatas and Merremia peltata.

References

  1. 1 2 Acrocercops praesecta Meyrick, 1922 at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae.
  2. Meyrick, E. 1922. Exotic Microlepidoptera. - Exotic Microlepidoptera (Marlborough) 2(18):545–576.
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