Acrocercopinae is a
subfamily of
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 ...
s described by
Akito Yuji Kawahara
Akito Y. Kawahara is an American and Japanese entomologist, scientist, and advocate of nature education, and the son of the modern conceptual artist On Kawara.
Kawahara is a Professor and Curator at the University of Florida and lead research ...
and Issei Ohshima in 2016.
Genera
In alphabetical order:
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Acrocercops''
Wallengren, 1881
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Amblyptila''
Vári, 1961
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Artifodina''
Kumata, 1985
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Borboryctis''
Kumata & Kuroko, 1988
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Chilocampyla''
Busck, 1900
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Chrysocercops
''Chrysocercops'' is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Etymology
Chrysocercops is derived from the Greek ''chrysos'' (gold), ''cercos'' (tail) and ''ops'' (eye).
Species
*'' Chrysocercops argentata'' Kumata, 1992
*'' Chrysocercops ...
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Kumata & Kuroko, 1988
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Corethrovalva''
Vári, 1961
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Cryptolectica''
Vári, 1961
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Dekeidoryxis''
Kumata, 1989
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Deoptilia''
Kumata & Kuroko, 1988
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Dialectica''
Walsingham, 1897
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Eteoryctis''
Kumata & Kuroko, 1988
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Eucosmophora''
Walsingham, 1897
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Gibbovalva''
Kumata & Kuroko, 1988
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Hypectopa''
Diakonoff, 1955
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Lamprolectica''
Vári, 1961
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Leucocercops''
Vári, 1961
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Melanocercops''
Kumata & Kuroko, 1988
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Leucospilapteryx''
Spuler, 1910
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Metacercops
''Metacercops'' is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Species
*'' Metacercops cuphomorpha'' (Turner, 1940)
*'' Metacercops hexactis'' (Meyrick, 1932)
*'' Metacercops praestricta'' (Meyrick, 1918)
External linksGlobal Taxonom ...
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Vári, 1961
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Monocercops''
Kumata, 1989
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Phodoryctis''
Kumata & Kuroko, 1988
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Psydrocercops''
Kumata & Kuroko, 1988
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Sauterina''
Kuznetzov, 1979
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Schedocercops''
Vári, 1961
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Spulerina
''Spulerina'' is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Species
*'' Spulerina aphanosema'' Vári, 1961
*'' Spulerina astaurota'' (Meyrick, 1922)
*'' Spulerina atactodesma'' Vári, 1961
*'' Spulerina castaneae'' Kumata & Kuroko, 1988
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Vári, 1961
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Telamoptilia''
Kumata & Kuroko, 1988
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Vihualpenia''
Mundaca, Parra & Vargas, 2013
References
Moth subfamilies
{{Gracillariidae-stub