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Acrocercops albomarginatum Walsingham 1897, sp. n.

Description

Acrocercops albomarginatum (Walsingham, 1897)

" Coriscium albomarginatum, sp. n. "—Walsingham, Lord (Thomas de Grey). 1897. Proceedings of the

Zoological Society of London 1897(10): 54–183.

Type locality: [Virgin Islands], Danish W. Indies, S [ain]t Thomas, 12.iii.1894. Type specimens: Holotype ♂, coll. Walsingham, genitalia slide BMNH 31203 ♂ (see Landry 2006: 442); 4

more specimens mentioned [not included in type series].

Distribution: Cuba (Busck [1934]: 183), Puerto Rico (Forbes 1930: 142), Virgin Islands: Saint Thomas

(Walsingham 1897: 154).

Larval hostplant(s): Fabaceae: Centrosema plumier i (Pers.) Benth. (Busck [1934]: 182); Malvaceae: Sida

rhombifolia L. (Robinson et al. 2010).

Notes

Published as part of Prins, Jurate De, Brito, Rosângela & Moreira, Gilson Rudinei Pires, 2016, An annotated taxonomic checklist of the Neotropical Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) with links to the information on host plants and parasitoids, pp. 1-51 in Zootaxa 4158 (1) on page 5, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/255480

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BMNH
Event date
1894-03-12
Family
Gracillariidae
Genus
Acrocercops
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
BMNH 31203
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Walsingham
Species
albomarginatum
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1894-03-12
Taxonomic concept label
Acrocercops albomarginatum Walsingham, 1897 sec. Prins, Brito & Moreira, 2016

References

  • Busck, A. [1934] Microlepidoptera of Cuba. Entomologica Americana, 13 (4), 151 - 217, 7 pls. [1933]
  • Forbes, W. T. M. (1930) Insects of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Heterocera or moths (excepting the Noctuidae, Geometridae, and Pyralididae [sic]). Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands, 12 (1), 1 - 172, 2 pls.
  • Robinson, G. S., Ackery, P. R., Kitching, I. J., Beccaloni, G. W. & Hernandez, L. M. (2010) HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum. Available from: http: // www. nhm. ac. uk / our-science / data / hostplants / (accessed 10 May 2016)