Species Acalyptris thoracealbella - Hodges#0112

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Acalyptris thoracealbella (Chambers, 1873)

Nepticula thoracealbella Chambers, 1873 (1)

Microcalyptris thoracealbella (2)

Nepticula badiocapitella Chambers, 1876 (3), (4)

Phylogentic sequence #160074.00

Specific epithet is Latin meaning "white thorax."

Wingspan: ♂ 4.6-5.2 mm, ♀ 4.6-4.8 mm. (3), (5)

Adult - head dark ochreous, antenna scape (eye caps) shiny white, antennae pale gray-brown, collar dark ochreous, thorax whitish, abdomen pale yellow-brown reflecting metallic gray, legs pale yellow-brown with metallic gray scaling. Forewing pale brown reflecting bronze, single off-white medial fascia broadening at the dorsal margin followed by two patches of the same color. Fringe pale gray-white, hindwing pale brown with pale gray-white fringe. See Wilkinson (1979) in Print References.

Scattered records from Indiana, Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia and North Carolina. (3), (5), (6)

Holotype ♂ collected in Kentucky. (1)

Larvae are probably leaf miners but the host is unknown.

Braun, A.F., 1917. Nepticulidae of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 43: 189. (3)

Chambers, V.T., 1873. Micro-Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 5(7): 127. (1)

Chambers, V.T., 1876. Tineina. The Canadian Entomologist 8(8): 160. (4)

Wilkinson, C., 1979. A taxonomic study of the micro-lepidopteran genera Microcalyptris Braun and Fomoria Beirne occurring in the United States of America (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 122(4): 67.

Moth Photographers Group (7)