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Acrolepia beardsleyi

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Acrolepia beardsleyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Acrolepiidae
Genus: Acrolepia
Species:
A. beardsleyi
Binomial name
Acrolepia beardsleyi
Zimmerman, 1978

Acrolepia beardsleyi is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It was first described by Elwood Zimmerman in 1978. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Maui.

The wingspan is 9–10 mm.

The larvae feed on Nothocestrum species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

The cocoon is made of white to pale brown silk. The pupa has mostly conical and strongly protuberant spiracles.

  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.


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