Acrocercops macrochalca explained

Acrocercops macrochalca is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Mauritius.[1]

This species has a wingspan of 10mm, the head, thorax & palpi are white, abdomen light ochreous-grey. The forewings are very narrowly elongated, golden-orange fulvous with three snow-white spots. Hindwings are pale fuscous[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.gracillariidae.net/species_by_code/ACROMACR Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  2. Meyrick, E. 1910a. Descriptions of Micro-Lepidoptera from Mauritius and Chagos Isles. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1910(3):373–374.

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