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Species Genus-undetermined albomarginatum - Acrocercops albomarginatum - Hodges#695.1

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gracillarioidea (Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)
Family Gracillariidae (Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)
Subfamily Ornixolinae
Genus Genus-undetermined
Species albomarginatum (Acrocercops albomarginatum - Hodges#695.1)

Hodges Number

695.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Although listed under Acrocercopinae by Eiseman & Davis (in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023)(1), this species is here placed in Ornixolinae; it is clearly closely related to quinquistrigella.

Explanation of Names

"Acrocercops" albomarginatum (Walsingham, 1897), prov. pl. (misplaced), is now recognized within the North American fauna from Arkansas. (Eiseman & Davis in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023)(1)

Range

USA: AR, OK, TX. (USNM, BOLD).
Type locality: West Indies - St. Thomas.

See Also

"Acrocercops" albomarginatum" (Walsingham, 1897) - See BugTracks

Print References

Walsingham, T. de G., 1897. Revision of the West-Indian Micro-Lepidoptera with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1897(1): 154.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)
Barcode of Life (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

1.Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.). 2023. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 14 February, 2025 - 4:32am
Additional contributions by ceiseman
Last updated 15 February, 2025 - 4:45pm

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