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Acrolepia nothocestri

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Acrolepia nothocestri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Acrolepiidae
Genus: Acrolepia
Species:
A. nothocestri
Binomial name
Acrolepia nothocestri
Busck, 1914[1]

Acrolepia nothocestri is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It was first described by August Busck in 1914. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Oahu.

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

References

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  1. ^ Busck, August (1914). "New Microlepidoptera from Hawaii". Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus. 2 (7): 106–107.
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