''Metacercops'' is a genus 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 in the family
Gracillariidae
Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, ''Camerar ...
.
Species
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Metacercops cuphomorpha
''Metacercops cuphomorpha'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Queensland, Australia.
References
Acrocercopinae
Moths described in 1940
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(Turner, 1940)
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Metacercops hexactis
''Metacercops hexactis'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ethiopia.
References
Endemic fauna of Ethiopia
Acrocercopinae
Insects of Ethiopia
Moths of Africa
Moths described in 1932
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(Meyrick, 1932)
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Metacercops praestricta
''Metacercops praestricta'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.
References
Acrocercopinae
Endemic moths of South Africa
Moths described in 1918
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(Meyrick, 1918)
External links
Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Acrocercopinae
Gracillarioidea genera
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