''Acria'' is a
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of the
superfamily Gelechioidea
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Gelechioidea (from the type genus '' Gelechia'', "keeping to the ground") is the superfamily of moths that contains the case-bearers, twirler moths, and relatives, also simply called curved-horn moths or gelechioid moths. It is a large ...
. It is placed in the family
Depressariidae, which is often – particularly in older treatments – considered a sub
family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
of
Oecophoridae
Oecophoridae (concealer moths) is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. The phylogeny and systematics of gelechoid moths are still not fully resolved, and the circumscription of the Oecophoridae is strongly affected by this.
...
or included in the
Elachistidae
The Elachistidae (grass-miner moths) are a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. Some authors lump about 3,300 species in eight subfamilies here, but this arrangement almost certainly results in a massively paraphyletic and c ...
.
Species
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Acria amphorodes
''Acria amphorodes'' is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. It is found in India (Punjab).
The wingspan
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(Meyrick, 1923) (India)
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Acria ceramitis''
Meyrick, 1908 (China, India, Korea, Japan)
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Acria cocophaga
''Acria cocophaga'' is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Fu-Qiang Chen and Chun-Sheng Wu in 2011. It is found in Hainan, China.; 2011: A new ''Cocos''-eating moth of ''Acria'' Stephens, 1834 (Lepidoptera, Peleopodidae) fro ...
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Chen & Wu, 2011
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Acria emarginella
''Acria emarginella'' is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Donovan in 1804. It is found in China (Henan, Sichuan, Tianjin, Zhejiang), Sri Lanka, India and Japan.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bir ...
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(Donovan, 1804) (China, India, Japan, Sri Lanka)
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Acria equibicruris
''Acria equibicruris'' is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Wang in 2008. It is found in China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous co ...
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Wang, 2008 (China)
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Acria eulectra
''Acria eulectra'' is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in India (Assam).
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the ...
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Meyrick, 1908 (India)
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Acria gossypiella
''Acria gossypiella'' is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Tokuichi Shiraki. It is found in Taiwan.
Adults are on wing at the end of June and in mid-December.
The larvae feed on cotton, tea, orange and camphor. The live ...
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(Shiraki, 1913)
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Acria javanica
''Acria javanica'' is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Alexandr L. Lvovsky in 2015. It is found on the Indonesian islands of Sumba and Java
Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands ...
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Lvovsky, 2015
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Acria malacolectra
''Acria malacolectra'' is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930. It is found in New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language ...
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Meyrick, 1930
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Acria meyricki
''Acria meyricki'' is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Shashank in 2014. It is found in India (Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-la ...
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Shashank, 2014 (India)
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Acria nivalis
''Acria nivalis'' is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Wang and Li in 2000. It is found in China (Henan).
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other ...
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Wang & Li, 2000 (China)
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Acria obtusella
''Acria obtusella'' is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Sri Lanka and on Borneo.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingt ...
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(Walker, 1864) (Borneo, Sri Lanka)
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Acria ornithorrhyncha
''Acria ornithorrhyncha'' is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Wang in 2008. It is found in China (Guangdong, Hongkong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peo ...
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Wang, 2008 (China)
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Acria psamatholeuca
''Acria psamatholeuca'' is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930. It is found in Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du C ...
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Meyrick, 1930
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Acria sciogramma
''Acria sciogramma'' is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. It is found in New Guinea. Description
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip ...
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Meyrick, 1915 (New Guinea)
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Acria sulawesica
''Acria sulawesica'' is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Alexandr L. Lvovsky in 2015. It is found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance ...
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Lvovsky, 2015
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Acria xanthosaris
''Acria xanthosaris'' is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in India (Assam).
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the ...
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Meyrick, 1908 (India)
References
*http://ftp.funet.fi/index/Tree_of_life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/depressariidae/acriinae/acria/
Yuan, Zhang, & Wang, 2008. Review of the Genus Acria Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae, Depressariinae) from China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica Vol.33 No.4- p.685-690
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